{"id":3776,"date":"2021-12-03T16:06:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T22:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/allsetfree\/?p=3776"},"modified":"2021-12-03T16:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T22:06:40","slug":"the-babylon-bee-hires-new-managing-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/allsetfree\/2021\/12\/the-babylon-bee-hires-new-managing-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Babylon Bee Hires New Managing Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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JUPITER, FL \u2013 The Babylon Bee, often described as the Christian version of The Onion, hired new managing editor John-Paul Matthews in hopes that they can finally learn how to create good satire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were just getting tired of the same old jokes,\u201d one columnist said, sipping from a red Starbucks cup with \u201cJohn 3:16\u201d hand-written in Sharpie. \u201cWe knew that we had to bring in someone with a real sense of Christian comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hiring is not without controversy, however. Matthews, a devout Presbyterian, is alleged to have once attended a church who welcomed in gay people, and who even flew a rainbow flag during Pride Month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just don\u2019t know about this guy, to be honest,\u201d admitted one editor. \u201cFirst you befriend a gay person. Then the next thing you know, you\u2019re sitting naked with the devil himself, drinking the blood of all the aborted babies you helped kill. Where does it stop?\u201d<\/p>\n

Others at the company were more excited to see some change. Mary Morris, long-time social media supervisor, and, ironically, a woman in leadership, had this to say, \u201cYeah, it\u2019s refreshing to bring in someone like Matthews. I\u2019ve grown a little tired of being openly bigoted and, if I can be perfectly honest, not that funny. You know when you see someone trying too hard? It gets a bit cringey. Matthews should help make us more relevant outside of our weird, little Reformed world.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time of writing this, Matthews wasn\u2019t available for comment, but did recently post this to his Twitter feed:<\/p>\n

\u201cGuess who\u2019s the new managing editor at @TheBabylonBee? This guy! Time to put the comedy back in Christian comedy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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JUPITER, FL \u2013 The Babylon Bee, often described as the Christian version of The Onion, hired new managing editor John-Paul Matthews in hopes that they can finally learn how to create good satire. \u201cWe were just getting tired of the same old jokes,\u201d one columnist said, sipping from a red Starbucks cup with \u201cJohn 3:16\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2874,"featured_media":3780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[1530,60,1187,1533,1322],"class_list":["post-3776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized","tag-babylon-bee","tag-christianity","tag-comedy","tag-cringe","tag-satire"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Babylon Bee Hires New Managing Editor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JUPITER, FL - The Babylon Bee, often described as the Christian version of The Onion, hired new managing editor John-Paul Matthews in hopes that they can\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/allsetfree\/2021\/12\/the-babylon-bee-hires-new-managing-editor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Babylon Bee Hires New Managing Editor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JUPITER, FL - 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