The professional fact-checking industry has run into problems with The Babylon Bee before and some have responded better than others. Some outlets, like Snopes and USA Today, have a “satire” label. For PolitiFact, on the other hand, a satirical joke about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is no laughing matter as it rated a Wednesday Bee article about him “false.”
A Friday PolitiFact headline read, “Satirical headline about Pete Buttigieg and the Key Bridge taken out of context.”
Ciara O’Rourke added more details, “A recent Facebook post shared a headline from a satire website but not everyone got the joke.”
She continued, ‘“Buttigieg praises cargo ship for helping dismantle racism in American roads,’ the headline …