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In April 2020, the website American Buffoon published an article positing that David Green, CEO of Hobby Lobby arts and crafts stores, had reportedly made an appalling remark about slavery and religious freedoms: This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output on its Facebook page as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: Readers may have been confused, however, as American Buffoon does not display a satire disclaimer visibly on its website. Green has been in the news recently over controversial statements issued by his company, but none to our knowledge regarding any argument on behalf of the constitutionality of owning slaves. It's worth nothing that the article in question included no citation or record of the supposed interview it quoted. Instead it linked to another American Buffoon article about former TV personality Paula Deen. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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