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 the purpose of 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. Update: This source is no longer online
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Extreme Left, Propaganda, Fake News
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
Liberal Plug is an extreme left-wing news and opinion blog that does not have an about page. A Whois search reveals the domain was registered privately in 2016.
Funded by / Ownership
Liberal Plug does not list an owner, however, articles are posted under the name Justin Soloman. The website is funded through online advertising.
Analysis / Bias
The Liberal Plug is a news and opinion website with extreme left-wing bias. Articles utilize strong emotional loaded words that always favor the left such as this: Forget Just Resigning, Rep. Cummings Has Brutal Plan For Jeff Sessions, He’s In Huge Trouble. Some stories are outright fake news and most others are not properly sourced and amount to left-wing propaganda. Liberal Plug is also on Politifact’s Fake News List.
Overall, this is a Questionable source based on extreme left-wing bias, promotion of propaganda, and the publishing of fake news. (1/19/2017) Updated (D. Van Zandt 7/18/2018)
Source: http://liberalplug.com/
Last Updated on May 30, 2020 by Media Bias Fact Check
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