A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact-checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources. Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Pseudoscience, Poor Sources, Failed Fact Checks
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
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Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA (44/180 Press Freedom)
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITYHistory
Llewellyn Harrison “Lew” Rockwell, Jr. is an anarcho-capitalist writer, activist, 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.
Read our profile on the United States government and media.
Funded by / Ownership
Lew Rockwell founded and owns the website Lew Rockwell LLC. Advertising and donations generate revenue.
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 Breitbart, 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.
During the covid pandemic, they have frequently promoted misinformation regarding vaccines such as this Covid Expert Dr. Peter McCullogh Urges ‘Unbreakable Resistance’ to Vaccines for Kids. This story originates from LifeSiteNews, a questionable source that frequently fails fact checks regarding science. We also found that they often source from other questionable and conspiracy sources such as Gateway Pundit and Ron Paul. Further, during the 2020, Presidential Election they frequently promoted election fraud conspiracies such as this Democrats Must Not Be Allowed To Get Away With Their Criminal Election Fraud. There has been no evidence of unusual election fraud to date. In general, Lew Rockwell is a low credibility source that frequently publishes right-wing disinformation.
Failed Fact Checks
- A woman died mysteriously after reporting on Robert Mueller destroying text messages. – Pants on Fire
- Former senator John McCain started a fire as a young pilot aboard an aircraft carrier that killed 134 sailors because he was showing off. – False
Overall, we rate Lew Rockwell Questionable based on Extreme Right Bias, promotion of propaganda, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and failed fact checks. (7/19/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 10/12/2021)
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/
Last Updated on October 12, 2021 by Media Bias Fact Check
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