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- Overall, we rate American Renaissance as Questionable based on Extreme Right-Wing Bias, promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, and being labeled a hate group by numerous sources.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Hate Group, Propaganda, Pseudoscience
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
Country Press Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Founded in 1990 by Jared Taylor, American Renaissance (AR or AmRen) is a monthly online magazine published by the New Century Foundation. It describes itself as a “race-realist, white advocacy organization.” Several sources have described it as a white supremacist publication, including The Washington Post, Fortune, and the Anti-Defamation League.
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Funded by / Ownership
American Renaissance Magazine is owned and published by the New Century Foundation. This think tank promotes pseudo-scientific studies and research that purport to show the inferiority of blacks to whites. The website generates revenue through donations and advertising.
Analysis / Bias
In review, American Renaissance Magazine publishes news that is considered racist and supports white supremacy. A frequent topic on the website is the debunked notion that there is a connection between race and IQ and Multiculturalism and the War Against White America. Articles often contain loaded emotional language that portrays African Americans negatively, such as Race, Welfare, and Media Lies and this Race, Crime, and Loathing in Minnesota. They also are very fearful of whites becoming the minority in the USA through their promotion of the replacement conspiracy, The Great Replacement Is Not a Conspiracy, except it is a conspiracy.
Media Bias Fact Check does not designate sources as hate groups; instead, we rely on others to do that. Below are links to other outlets that have proclaimed American Renaissance a hate group or White Supremacist organization.
- AMERICAN RENAISSANCE
- JARED TAYLOR
- Jared Taylor/American Renaissance
- American Renaissance “White Nationalist” Hate
- Hiding in Plain Sight: An American Renaissance of White Nationalism
In general, American Renaissance is a website that promotes white supremacy and is openly racist.
Overall, we rate American Renaissance as Questionable based on Extreme Right-Wing Bias, promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, and being labeled a hate group by numerous sources. (10/6/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 11/03/2023)
Source: https://www.amren.com
Last Updated on November 3, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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