In honor of Facebook ending its fact-checking partnerships, here are the funniest fact-checks of Babylon Bee jokes:
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
A running 🧵: pic.twitter.com/PkMd8hhssR
1. CNN Purchases Industrial-Sized Washing Machine To Spin News Before Publication
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
This was fact-checked by Snopes, and Facebook threatened us with suppression and demonetization for sharing false information. A classic. pic.twitter.com/9ZK0DAloYb
2. Ocasio-Cortez Appears On 'The Price Is Right,' Guesses Everything Is Free
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
Thank you to the brave fact-checkers at Snopes for calling us out on this one. Otherwise people might have been fooled. Fact check: FALSE. pic.twitter.com/Ri4zFsh07z
3. Ninth Circuit Court Overturns Death Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
USA Today, another one of Facebook's fact-checking partners, helpfully pointed out that this was satire. pic.twitter.com/0ckOywS9re
4. With Moon Water Announcement, Trump Proposes Space Navy
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
Another fact-check from USA Today. (You can also tell it's satire because if you look really closely, you can see there's a picture of an aircraft carrier on the moon). pic.twitter.com/dXreNXUrhJ
5. Trump: 'I Have Done More For Christianity Than Jesus'
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
In our defense, we wrote this before he actually said something like this. pic.twitter.com/LXOSsCsA8v
6. Elevation Church Debuts Water Slide Baptismal
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
More great fact-checking work from Snopes here. (Well, OK, this one is believable). pic.twitter.com/Y8VapTZoae
7. Pope Francis Says Covid Vaccine Will Now Be Required To Enter Heaven
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
Another believable one, if we're being honest. Thanks for the fact-check, Reuters. pic.twitter.com/Qq93qLVjOv
8. Ballot Drop Boxes Installed Along Border Wall
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
Despite our official statement to Reuters fact-checkers that this article is true, they insisted it was false. pic.twitter.com/8F1c2s1Dvh
9. California Considering Tax On Breathing
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
Snopes found this false, but we're pretty sure it's true? pic.twitter.com/iLFeIrOfnY
10. Joel Osteen Apologizes For Using Lord's Name In Sermon
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
Another from Snopes, keeping us safe from Joel Osteen jokes. pic.twitter.com/TlHCnDYsOF
11. Thanks To New Laws, VeggieTales Finally Introduces New Cannabis Character
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
Fact check: false, 420 times over. pic.twitter.com/wFt5F1SUOJ
12. NBA Players Wear Special Lace Collars To Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
Even the Guardian got fooled by this one. Sad! pic.twitter.com/vmsZftaBmG
Never ever ever deleting this app. pic.twitter.com/ECIxBONOGw
— Rothmus 🏴 (@Rothmus) January 8, 2025
Ocasio-Cortez Appears On 'The Price Is Right,' Guesses Everything Is Freehttps://t.co/miOjlrrQz9
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 12, 2019
rocky the dog said:
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— Dumbass Photoshop (@DumbassPhotoshp) January 8, 2025
Cleaning out the President’s desk 🤣🤣🤣
— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) January 7, 2025
This is hilarious! Watch 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/XcgSQgQbsD
AOC Asks Why We Need A House Speaker Since Everyone Already Has Headphones https://t.co/zU1n5LrZna pic.twitter.com/JWJHQD3Gkl
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
We need to seriously evaluate how we let The New York Times beat us to this hilarious satirical headline. pic.twitter.com/pOO4OcWIir
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) January 8, 2025
His teaching is incredibly relevant and impactful in today’s fast-changing world pic.twitter.com/mGHXa3SLqE
— Scholarship for PhD (@ScholarshipfPhd) January 7, 2025
I’ve never seen or been to a Buc-ee’s.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) January 8, 2025
Have you? pic.twitter.com/b525OkD8Ck
Governor Newsom Orders All Trees To Wear Masks To Prevent Spread Of Wildfires https://t.co/lXNGL0ujjr pic.twitter.com/V5HxuqXT31
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 8, 2025
I made this handy guide for Europeans pic.twitter.com/Ptn2Ok0Aay
— Three Year Letterman (@3YearLetterman) January 8, 2025
The wildfires in California are causing huge problems for FEMA: when the fires burn down all the political yard signs and flags, how will FEMA know which disaster victims to ignore?
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 8, 2025