QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
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- Overall, we rate the Conservative Tribune Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of conspiracies and propaganda, and numerous failed fact checks.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Extreme Right, Propaganda, Conspiracy, Some Fake News
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
The Conservative Tribune is an extreme right news and opinion website that previously was found at conservativetribune.com. Currently, they are under the westernjournal.com/CT domain. The CT does not have an about page, however, their Facebook page provides this description: “Conservative Tribune by WJ is a media/news company that was founded to counteract the mainstream media and establishment elites’ open bias against traditional conservatism, capitalism, and the U.S. Constitution.
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Funded by / Ownership
The Conservative Tribune is owned by Liftable Media and resides under the Western Journal umbrella. The CT is funded through online advertising.
Analysis / Bias
The Conservative Tribune displays extreme right-wing/conservative bias through the use of strongly loaded emotional wording such as this “Scalise Digs Up Obama Dirt, Uses It To Completely Destroy Trump’s Russia Critics.” The CT sources their information either through videos, tweets, and occasionally factually mixed sources such as the Daily Wire. Story selection always favors the right while denigrating the left.
Failed Fact Checks
- Website wrongly says Obama plans to take $3,000 from every American – Mostly False
- What Obama Just Did to the White House Logo – False
- Did a Law Professor Claim the 2017 Solar Eclipse is ‘Racist’? – False
- ‘Animal Brothels’ Open in Germany as Migrant Population Hits 22 Percent? – False
- Conservative Tribune post falsely claims canceled Arctic research cruise is evidence against climate change – False
These failed fact checks are a small sample of the dozen-plus from IFCN Fact-Checkers.
Overall, we rate the Conservative Tribune Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of conspiracies and propaganda, and numerous failed fact checks. (7/18/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 7/26/2018)
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