#THE BABYLON BEE FULL#
Dillon later described the sale as "an exciting opportunity to do something different and more impactful and fun, and would bring me full circle to that whole satire and writing thing I wanted to do." As of 2021, Ford still had a financial stake in The Babylon Bee. At the time of the website's sale, Kyle Mann, who had been head writer since September 2016, became editor-in-chief. He wrote that "Facebook has the power to kill publishers, and they do, not only based on publishing techniques, but based on worldview. In a public announcement published on his personal website, Ford cited several reasons for the sale, including his discomfort with the power wielded by social media companies like Facebook over creators and their perceived anti-conservative and anti-Christian bias. In late 2018, Ford sold the website to Seth Dillon, whom Ford described as "a successful businessman who uses his resources for Kingdom purposes". The article went viral, prompting a fact check from Snopes. In that context, The Babylon Bee satirically criticized televangelist Joel Osteen with a headline that read: "Joel Osteen Sails Luxury Yacht Through Flooded Houston to Pass Out Copies Of Your Best Life Now". In 2017, Hurricane Harvey battered Houston, Texas, causing widespread flooding. Shortly after launching, The Babylon Bee made headlines for mocking the " health and wealth" theology of Jan Crouch, co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network, on the day of her death. According to Seth Michael Dillon, the current owner of The Babylon Bee, Ford launched the website "because there was this massive void on the right for comedy that wasn't cheesy". It is headquartered on 110 Front Street, Suite 300, in Jupiter, Florida, and employs around 24 people across the United States. The Babylon Bee was created by Adam Ford and was launched on March 1, 2016. Seth Dillon, owner and CEO of The Babylon Bee
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