[beerandt]

But that's not a decision to be made by Snopes, based on a supposed fact-check.

There are plenty of people who don't find the onion, at all. It's not a justification for blacklisting them as fake news.

[dkonofalski]

>blacklisting them as fake news

The Onion is, literally, fake news regardless of whether one finds them funny or not. The question is whether people think it's true not whether they think it's funny and that's the only decision being made by a fact-check.

[beerandt]

So is Babylon Bee. Yet different standards were and are being applied.

[dkonofalski]

Different standards were not applied. Where are you getting that from?

Forum users posted the article from BB asking for it to be debunked. They haven't posted a request for articles from the Onion and that's likely because the Onion is well-known enough for people to know it's satire.

You guys are reaching so hard here.