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- Overall, we rate the Church Militant Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of propaganda and conspiracies, and being labeled an anti-LGBT hate group by other sources.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Pseudoscience, Anti-LGBT
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Founded in 2012, Church Militant is a Catholic lay apostolate and traditional Catholic news website founded by Michael Voris. It was known as Real Catholic TV until 2012 when the Archdiocese of Detroit notified Michael Voris and Real Catholic TV that “it does not regard them as being authorized to use the word ‘Catholic’ to identify or promote their public activities.”
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Funded by / Ownership
The Church Militant is owned by St. Michael’s Media, a 501(c)(4) organization that operates in the State of Michigan under the officially registered name of Church Militant. Revenue is generated through donations, subscriptions, and advertising.
Analysis / Bias
In review, the Church Militant is a radical Catholic news and opinion website with an extreme right-wing bias in reporting. Church Militant supports issues affiliated with the far right, such as anti-LGBT and anti-abortion positions. Within the anti-abortion article, they utilize untrustworthy sources such as Life News and Black Genocide, which appear on our questionable list due to numerous failed fact checks and the promotion of conspiracies.
Articles often contain very strong loaded emotional language that denigrates the left, such as this quote: “Killary and her allies even rigged their own primary process to ensure that she won, ensuring Bernie Sanders never had a fighting chance. Who on earth would be stupid enough to discount that they wouldn’t try the exact same thing in the general election?” The derogatory term “Killary” used for Hillary Clinton is based on the far-right conspiracy theory that the Clintons murder people for political gain.
In 2018, the Church Militant was officially declared a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the reputable Christian Science Monitor. In response to the Christian Science Monitor, the Church Militant proclaims them as a fake news source. We rate the Christian Science Monitor as highly factual by our methodology.
In this 2024 update, we observe they continue to promote anti-LGBTQ propaganda such as this HOMOSEXUAL PLAGUE. They also attempt to refute Catholic organizations whom they view as leftist, such as this: “Just this week, the archdiocese of Chicago, under the direction of leftist Cardinal Blase Cupich (in lockstep with other far-left leaders), put out a tyrannical vaccination policy mandating each and every employee of the Archdiocese of Chicago, both lay and cleric, take the COVID-19 gene therapy jab.” Multiple fact-checkers have debunked the gene therapy pseudoscience. Here is one from Health Feedback.
The Church Militant is a far-right organization that promotes right-wing propaganda, conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience and has been accused of promoting hate.
Failed Fact Checks
- Not fact-checked by a third party in the last 5 years; see above for examples of misinformation.
Overall, we rate the Church Militant Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of propaganda and conspiracies, pseudoscience, and being labeled an anti-LGBT hate group by other sources. (D. Van Zandt 9/1/2017) Updated (01/19/2024)
Source: https://www.churchmilitant.com/
Last Updated on January 19, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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