Thread by @SethDillon

In an article about Facebook's difficulty in dealing with satire, the New York Times points to The Babylon Bee as an example of a "far-right misinformation site" that "sometimes trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire."
nytimes.com/2021/03/19/tec…

Here's the section of the article where they quote Emerson T. Brooking making this claim. Booking is described as "a resident fellow for the Atlantic Council who studies digital platforms."

No other examples of far-right misinformation sites are offered. The Babylon Bee is the only one cited in this piece.

Notably, the words "trafficked in misinformation" are hyperlinked, presumably a supportive source. But the link they point to is another NY Times piece that actually refutes—rather than supports—the claim being made here by accurately describing us as a legitimate satire site.

I'm pretty sure there's a legal term for what's happening here.

Incredibly, the NY Times is publishing deceptive disinformation for the purpose of leading people to falsely believe that we are a source of it. Their dealings with us—and Project Veritas, for example—reveal the truth.
zerohedge.com/political/judg…

Here is the link they attached to the words "trafficked in misinformation." nytimes.com/2020/10/11/us/…