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- Overall, we rate Lew Rockwell Questionable based on Extreme Right Bias, promotion of propaganda, conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Extreme Right, Propaganda, Conspiracy, Pseudoscience
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
Llewellyn Harrison “Lew” Rockwell, Jr. is an anarcho-capitalist writer, activist, and founder and former president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Lewrockwell.com was founded in 1999 with the mission to carry on the anti-war, anti-state, pro-market work of Murray N. Rothbard.
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Funded by / Ownership
The website is founded and owned by Lew Rockwell. LewRockwell.com is funded through donations and web advertising.
Analysis / Bias
Lew Rockwell is a website that promotes conspiracies, pseudoscience, and fringe economic theories. Lew Rockwell uses minimal loaded words in their headlines and articles, but they typically source to far-right or questionable sources such as Brietbart, Zerohedge, and the #1 purveyor of pseudoscience Joseph Mercola. Some of the topics you will find on the website are those related to anti-vaccination propaganda, Mind Control, False Flags, and anti-immigration articles from other questionable sources. Further, the Lew Rockwell website has been placed on the Hatewatch list by the Southern Poverty Law Center. A factual search also reveals that Lew Rockwell has a very poor track record with fact checkers. For more information I recommend, RationalWiki who has done a fantastic job of putting all of it together.
Overall, we rate Lew Rockwell Questionable based on Extreme Right Bias, promotion of propaganda, conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience. (7/19/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 6/13/2018)
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/
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