In response to the hundreds of daily requests Good Faith Media (GFM) receives in its Norman, Oklahoma, post office box to “lighten up,” the progressive Christian multimedia juggernaut is expanding into the realm of satire. To placate their detractors, GFM is announcing the creation of Bad Faith Media (BFM), a platform designed to drive its closest comedic competitor, Dateline NBC, into obscurity.
BFM will dole out its unique brand of soul-stirring humor on Al Gore’s World Wide Web at badfaithmedia.org, as well as on Chinese-owned social media platforms such as Instagram and the newly resurrected Friendster.
(Editor’s Note: As of this writing, neither Instagram nor Friendster, which has yet to be resurrected, is owned by China. However, Stephanie Brueggeman, GFM’s Data and Sales Manager, assures us that she has it on good authority that all the deals will be finalized by the publication of this announcement.)
When asked why they decided to go in this new direction, Mitch Randall, GFM’s CEO, cited ease. “In our strategic planning meeting held in Stephanie Brueggeman’s chic, Carrollton, Texas wine cellar, we all agreed that we really need a win in 2026,” Randall said. “So we asked ourselves, ‘What can we do that is so easy, it has an almost 100% success rate among those who have tried it?’ Satire was the obvious answer.”
Asked whether they are aiming to be the progressive Christian answer to The Babylon Bee, Randall demurred. “Oh God, no,” he exclaimed. “We could never reach those heights. ‘The Bee’ impartially skewers all sides of the political and theological spectrum by mercilessly mocking the style and substance of those they disagree with, and playfully poking fun at only the style of those they are aligned with. That requires a savant level of comedic sensibilities that is impossible to replicate.”
In addition to aspiring Los Angeles comedian Cole Randall (relation to GFM’s CEO Mitch Randall is unknown, *wink, wink*), Bad Faith Media will also receive consultation from retired minister and world (CBF North Carolina)-famous stand-up, Wanda Kidd, according to Randall.
After numerous attempts to contact Kidd, she was finally reached via her Asheville, North Carolina, landline.
“What?” she asked when prompted for a comment. “Bad Faith Media? Never heard of it.”
When our chatbot explained what GFM/BFM representatives had told them, Kidd began to chuckle. The reception grew muffled, but the reporter is almost certain they heard: “Dan, get in here! You’ve got to hear this. Good Faith Media is trying satire! Yes, satire!”
The reporter heard what they described as a loud clump before Kidd returned to the phone. “Hold on,” she said, fighting back laughter. “I’ve got to call 911 on the other line, but don’t go anywhere. I’ve got to hear more about this.”
In other news, Jeffrey P. Jones, Executive Director of the George Foster Peabody Awards, recently made a shocking announcement that the awards ceremony honoring excellence in comedy will be indefinitely suspended. “We are hearing reports of a development that will essentially render what we do as completely irrelevant,” Jones said. “We don’t want to waste anyone’s time.”
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