The purpose of the site, according to its founder Adam Ford in 2016, was not just to evoke laughter, but to give cause for self-reflection. The site began by lampooning a wide range of topics including progressives, Democrats, Republicans, Christians, and Donald Trump.
The Babylon Bee takes the tone and format of a traditional news publication. In July 2021, Dillon spoke at Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida about misinformation and The Babylon Bee. Articles such as "NBA Players Wear Special Lace Collars to Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg", "Motorcyclist Who Identifies as Bicyclist Sets Cycling World Record", and "Trump: 'I Have Done More For Christianity Than Jesus'" each received more than 3.5M page views. During this period the Bee had several articles which had higher page views than The Onion 's normal monthly site traffic of 3.5M. In January 2022, The Economist said that The Babylon Bee was "claiming as many as 25M readers a month at its peak", and that Dillon had turned The Babylon Bee "into one of the most popular conservative sites after Fox News". In January 2021, The Washington Times said that The Babylon Bee was receiving more than 20M page views per month, had more than 20,000 paid subscribers, and had a Twitter account with more than 856,000 followers. In October 2020, the website said that it was receiving about 8M visitors a month. In September 2021, Trump actually said in an interview, "Nobody has done more for Christianity, or for evangelicals, or for religion itself than I have." Īt the time of its sale to Dillon, The Babylon Bee was receiving 3 million page views per month.
The article went viral, prompting a fact check from Snopes after some thought the article was a real story. In 2019, The Babylon Bee satirically criticized Donald Trump with an article saying that Trump claimed he had "done more for Christianity than Jesus".
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Dillon later described the sale as "an exciting opportunity to do something different and more impactful and fun, and would bring me full circle to that whole satire and writing thing I wanted to do." As of 2021, Ford still had a financial stake in The Babylon Bee. At the time of the website's sale, Kyle Mann, who had been head writer since September 2016, became editor-in-chief. He wrote that "Facebook has the power to kill publishers, and they do, not only based on publishing techniques, but based on worldview. In a public announcement published on his personal website, Ford cited several reasons for the sale, including his discomfort with the power wielded by social media companies like Facebook over creators and their perceived anti-conservative and anti-Christian bias. In late 2018, Ford sold the website to Seth Dillon, whom Ford described as "a successful businessman who uses his resources for Kingdom purposes". The article went viral, prompting a fact check from Snopes. In that context, The Babylon Bee satirically criticized televangelist Joel Osteen with a headline that read: "Joel Osteen Sails Luxury Yacht Through Flooded Houston to Pass Out Copies Of Your Best Life Now". In 2017, Hurricane Harvey battered Houston, Texas, causing widespread flooding. Shortly after launching, The Babylon Bee made headlines for mocking the " health and wealth" theology of Jan Crouch, co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network, on the day of her death. According to Seth Michael Dillon, the current owner of The Babylon Bee, Ford launched the website "because there was this massive void on the right for comedy that wasn't cheesy". It is headquartered in Jupiter, Florida, and employs around 24 people across the United States.
The Babylon Bee was founded by Adam Ford and was launched on March 1, 2016. History Seth Dillon, owner and CEO of The Babylon Bee
It has been referred to as a Christian or conservative version of The Onion. The Babylon Bee is a conservative Christian news satire website that publishes satirical articles on topics including religion, politics, current events, and public figures.
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