The Babylon Bee joined the likes of Fox, the New York Times, and CNN in creating its first non-fungible token Friday. It opted to turn a recent controversial tweet into an NFT.
This piece of digital art will allow buyers to own the original file of the organization’s recent tweet regarding Rachel Levine, apart from the Twitter platform. As a result of the tweet, the Babylon Bee’s account was temporarily suspended.
“This NFT collection commemorates the tragic day when The Babylon Bee was kicked off Twitter for sharing the headline ‘The Babylon Bee’s Man of the Year Is Rachel Levine,'” the NFT listing reads. “Now, you can own a digital piece of history and help support The Babylon Bee’s mission to continue telling jokes even as Big Tech turns against us.”
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— DeepRedSky (@deepredskyio) March 25, 2022
Its tweet remains public on Twitter, but the Babylon Bee was one of many targeted suspensions over its comments regarding the U.S. assistant secretary for health. Users favorited the tweet more than 15,000 times, and now more than 3,000 buyers can own an original file for $283.
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 16, 2022
This comes as news organizations nationwide are dropping print and leaning on subscription models to stay afloat. Some have begun selling NFTs as they rise in popularity in the digital age.
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The New York Times’s first NFT earnings went toward its “Neediest Cases Fund.” Fox’s NFT “funds will be used to finance the creative community, as well as existing brand and IP owners.”
