How Babylon Bee, a right-wing satirical site, capitalizes on confusion

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By Kevin Roose

On Friday, President Trump tweeted a story from a rare source: The Babylon Bee, a right-wing satirical site described as a conservative edition of The Onion.

“Twitter is silencing the entire network to stop the spread of negative news,” says the article headline. The story is a joke, but it’s hard to tell if Trump knew when he shared the link, with the comment “Wow, this has never been done on hitale. “

Twitter shuts down the entire network to stop the spread of negative https://t. co/JPmjOrKPcr @TheBabylonBee Wow, this has never been done in history, including its lousy interview last night. Why is Twitter doing this? Attract more attention to Sleepy Joe

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