Not The Bee – Bias and Credibility

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QUESTIONABLE SOURCE

A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact-checked on a per-article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.

History

Founded in 2020 by Babylon Bee founder Adam Ford, Not The Bee is a news and opinion website that focuses on humorous but factual news stories. According to their about page, “Not the Bee is humor-based news, opinion, and entertainment site from the creators of The Babylon Bee and Disrn. As the name suggests, it’ll feature some absurd and hilarious (but real) news that seems like it should be satire.”

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Funded by / Ownership

Not the Bee is owned by Not The Bee, LLC, and revenue is derived through advertising, a shop that sells branded merchandise and subscription fees.

Analysis / Bias

In review, Not the Bee publishes original stories from a right biased and often sarcastic perspective. Articles and headlines contain emotionally loaded language that often denigrates the left, such as this Nancy Pelosi, who is worth $114M and owns a $24,000 fridge, laments “the disparities in income and equity in our country.” Articles also hold a strong Christian perspective such as this The leading cause of death globally in 2020 was ABORTION … over 42 MILLION people killed. This story is correctly sourced to Worldometers.

Editorially, stories are written to be humorous while being rooted in fact. All stories reviewed favored the right and, in particular, a Christian perspective. They reported on election fraud during the 2020 Presidential Election; however, they did not promote misinformation and stuck with fact-based reporting such as this 52 PERCENT of Republicans think the election was rigged and Trump really won. Although Not The Bee is clearly conservative biased and generally sarcastic, the information provided is rooted in fact and supported by evidence in this case.

However, since our last review, Not the Bee has lost most of its credibility, failing numerous fact checks and promoting conspiracy theories aligned with the right. See failed fact checks below.

Failed Fact Checks

• NGO tells illegals ‘to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States. – False
• Does the NFL or NBA have the most criminals? Are you surprised? – False
• In case you missed it, every single Democrat in the House just voted for illegal immigrants to count toward representation in Congress and the Electoral College. –  Misleading
• California Assembly Committee Gives Green Light For Bill That Could Literally Allow Infanticide. – Misleading
• Hey Californians! Please keep doing as you’re told so maskless Gavin Newsom can go on more $200,000 Cabo vacays. Thanks – False
• A new study found that “10 to 27%” of noncitizens in the U.S. are registered voters. – False
• There are more.

Overall, we rate Not the Bee Right Biased and questionable based on the promotion of propaganda, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience and numerous failed fact checks. (D. Van Zandt 1/2/2021) Updated (12/27/2024)

Source: https://notthebee.com/

Last Updated on December 27, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check

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