A CNN reporter sounded the alarm on Sunday over the popularity of a piece published by a conservative satirical site.
Last week, The Babylon Bee drew some laughs with an article poking fun at the Democrats' reaction to the U.S. airstrike that led to the death of Irani Gen. Qassem Soleimani, using the headline "Democrats Call For Flags To Be Flown At Half-Mast to Grieve Death of Soleimani."
Responding to a Twitter user who expressed concern that "Republican friends" on Facebook "are circulating it like it's legit," CNN reporter Donie O'Sullivan pointed out that The Babylon Bee was getting more traffic on that one article than his network and The New York Times get weekly.
"To put this in perspective, this is the same number of engagements the top NY Times and CNN stories on Facebook had over the past week," O'Sullivan wrote. "A lot of people sharing this 'satirical' story
Did Mossad stop assassinating their nuclear scientists? "Hey, guess what, you're our new nuclear expert! Get ye to the Centrifuges!" "What happened to the last nuclear expert?" "Don't ask, and congratulations on your promotion!"
Phone rings at American embassy somewhere in the Middle East: "I need asylum and I have Iranian secrets!"
Hmm, where did Salami Baloney keep all those terrorist seeding mega-bucks? Maybe the Clinton Foundation? Or did Obama just give him an American Treasury Unlimited Platinum Credit Card?
How long will the loyalties lasts if the money stream dries up?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/iran-annihilates-any-aggresseror-and-the-us-is-aware-of-this-commander-of-iranian-revolutionary-guards-corps-threatens-us/
A few hours later he was tarmac paint.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/breaking-top-iran-commander-killed-in-airstrike-at-baghdads-intl-airport/
Trump don't Play!
This is the opposite of dumping in the ocean