Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon on Tuesday accused the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) of exposing several anonymous writers on his website in a post that went viral on X. did.
The Babylon Bee is a conservative Christian satirical site that produces humorous fake news articles. Dillon identified several writers for the non-satirical sister site.not beesBecause it features a real news story that seems too outlandish to be true – that their identities were about to be exposed by the SPLC.
“The discredited and scandal-ridden smear factory known as the SPLC is about to publish a hit piece exposing several 'Not the Bee' writers who requested anonymity so they could speak freely without fear.” Dillon announced.
“The SPLC extracted sensitive information from our site and used that information to contact our writers directly. We have included a screenshot of one of these emails below,” he wrote. The posts continued.
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Babylon Bee's sister site, Not the Bee, features real-life news stories that seem too good to be true. (Babylon Bee)
The SPLC is a powerful progressive civil rights organization that the FBI cites as a source and is frequently cited in the media, but it is also closely linked to prominent conservative groups such as the Family Research Council (FRC) and Mamas for Liberty. Labeling parent rights groups as: An “extremist” group, along with groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
The SPLC posted an article about the Babylon Bee on Tuesday under the heading “Inside the Beehive” and as part of its “HateWatch” section. The newspaper boasted that it had revealed the identities of 14 of Not The Bee's pseudonymous writers, and while pointing out that The Babylon Bee is a satirical site in the same vein as The Onion, it said it “amplifies far-right rhetoric and disinformation. The Babylon Bee accused him of “making him do things like that.”
The SPLC wrote that the article, not The Bee's, “puts strong anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigrant themes,” which is likely why the site sought to reveal the content's creators.
In an attached email, SPLC investigative journalist Creed Newton told “Not the Bee” staff writers who post under pseudonyms that the SPLC would like to know their identity, workplace, city location, and if this person He warned that he had discovered other posts he had made online. SPLC journalists warned that they were planning to publish an article about this author's online comments on transgender issues.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a progressive American nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation located in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo by Barry Lewis/InPictures, Getty Images)
“Planet Moron has maintained an independent presence on the web as a blogger for nearly 20 years, but has written over 600 articles for Not the Bee since 2020,” the email Dillon shared said. Author information regarding the source code of Not the Bee has been released.'' [sic] Indicates that you are a “planetary fool” [is] you, [redacted], [redacted] Lecturer from [redacted]. “Planet Moron” is a prolific writer on culture war issues. One article derides transgender children as “mentally ill teens”[s]They are the “economic lifeblood of the multi-billion dollar trans industry.” May I comment? ”
An article by Newton and Megan Squire details how the author was exposed through the site's source code.
Dillon has previously said that the SPLC did this because they were activists who could “make people pay a high price for free speech and 'completely destroy' individuals and organizations with whom they disagree.” “These were vengeful bullies who admitted that this was their goal,” he said.
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Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon posted a challenging message to the SPLC after learning that the left-wing group was prepared to “dispose of” several Not the Bee staff writers. (Fox News Digital)
and Not the Bee co-founders Dan Dillon and Adam Ford. published statement While defending their website and writers, they accused the SPLC of trying to “slander” and “blackmail” their writers.
“These are angry, bitter, resentful hacks who feel like their ability to force people into submission to their worldview is slipping away,” Dan Dillon wrote.
Not the Bee's editor-in-chief, Joel Abbott, also criticized the group, writing, “Not the Bee is a project of love, not hate,” and “sue us if you want.”
The SPLC has come under fire from conservative critics who accuse it of tarnishing traditionally held nonviolent groups with the label of a “hate group.”
The organization was also involved in controversy in 2012, when a gunman who claimed to be inspired by the SPLC's “hate map” tried to carry out a mass shooting at the FRC Building in Washington, D.C., but was stopped by building management. faced.
Dillon and the SPLC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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