Media analyst Mark Dice shredded Facebook for it’s so-called “fact check” mechanism, which ended up “fact-checking” a satire post by the Christian parody site Babylon Bee.
According to PJ Media:
Christian satire site The Babylon Bee received a terse warning from Facebook this week after the “independent fact-checkers” at Snopes reported that one of the site’s humor articles was “false.”
Adam Ford, who runs The Babylon Bee, was warned by Facebook that a recent satire article about CNN “contains information disputed by (Snopes.com) an independent fact checker.” Repeat offenders, Ford was told, “will see their distribution reduced and their ability to monetize and advertized [sic] removed.”
Readers noticed:
So I clicked on the headline and Facebook gave me this. 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/793CqTRwdB
— Roger for Christ (@MrB_Loves_Jesus) March 2, 2018
The social media giant later apologized, PJ Media said:
“There’s a difference between false news and satire,” Lauren Svensson from Facebook Communications wrote in an email to PJM. “This was a mistake and should not have been rated false in our system. It’s since been corrected and won’t count against the domain in any way.”
Here’s the video:
Related:
- Analysis: Facebook’s algorithm changes help CNN, liberal sites, hurts conservative sites
- Congress needs to rein in out-of-control social media giants while there’s still time
- White House petition calls for Internet Bill of Rights as report shows conservative sites hit hardest by censorship
- Facebook under fire after asking if pedophiles should be allowed to request ‘sexual pictures’ from kids
- Facebook bans Allen West page admin for post saying 3,000 killed on 9/11 without guns for 30 days
If you haven’t checked out and liked our Facebook page, please go here and do so. And be sure to check out our new MeWe page here.
If you appreciate independent conservative reports like this, please go here and support us on Patreon.
Join the conversation!
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, vulgarity, profanity, all caps, or discourteous behavior. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain a courteous and useful public environment where we can engage in reasonable discourse.