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Babylon Bee CEO: The world is difficult to satirize right now because it’s so insane

Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon spoke to Fox News Digital from CPAC Texas 2022 in Dallas. 

Comedy is getting difficult in today’s world since reality so often feels like a joke, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon said.

The Bee, the largest American right-wing satire website that thrives off parodying the news of the day, is struggling to come up with joke headlines as more and more news stories read like fiction. But Dillon also stressed the importance of using comedy to lighten the seriousness of contemporary issues.

“We do satire and we’re trying to exaggerate reality to make a point with our jokes,” Dillon told Fox News. “We found that the world is very difficult to satirize right now because it’s so insane.”

BABYLON BEE CEO: ‘THE WORLD IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SATIRIZE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT’S SO INSANE’

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“We’re basically living in the upside down, as I might describe it,” he added.

Dillon said his platform also has a political mission to make fun of bad policies and ideas.

“It’s important to not just refute these things, but to actually ridicule and mock them,” he said. “We’re not helped by taking them seriously.”

According to Dillon, satire resonates more when it’s about beliefs people may feel pressured to conform to even if they disagree with them.

“It’s become much more relevant because of the insane ideas that are out there with basically people being pressured to affirm that two and two make five,” he said. “It’s really presented a lot of opportunity for comedians, for satirists, to play a role in pushing back on insanity with truth and reason.”

Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon spoke to Fox News Digital from CPAC Texas 2022 in Dallas.  (Fox News Digital/Joseph Wulfsohn)

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Dillon said policies around gender affirmation, wokeism and others frequently generate real headlines that read like parody. 

He pointed to CNN calling a riot mostly peaceful while a reporter stood in front of burning buildings and colleges promoting segregation as a means to combat racism.

“These are things you’d expect to see on a satire site, but they’re in the headlines every day,” Dillon said.

The Bee saw the potential in funny, yet real headlines, leading the company in 2020 to launch “Not the Bee” — a website that covers real news that reads like satire.

Dillon also said satire can be a useful tool to digest ridiculous but true stories that can stress Americans out.

“I guess instead of just focusing on [the stories] in a negative way and becoming anxious, you know, being able to…

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