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- Overall, we rate Newsmax Right Biased and Questionable based on the promotion of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience as well as numerous failed fact checks.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, Fake News, Failed Fact Checks
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
Newsmax is an American conservative news and opinion website founded by Christopher Ruddy in 1998 and based in West Palm Beach Florida. Christopher Ruddy is the president and CEO of Newsmax Media. According to an Atlantic article, Ruddy is also a close friend of Donald Trump. The website is divided into four main sections: Newsmax, Newsmax Health, Newsmax Finance, and Newsmax World, each divided into various subsections. Newsmax Media also operates a print magazine called Newsmax as well as the cable news channel Newsmax TV.
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Funded by / Ownership
Newsmax is owned by Christopher Ruddy who is the CEO of Newsmax Media. Newsmax is funded through advertising and via a paid subscription to their platinum plan, which allows more access to content.
Analysis / Bias
In review, Newsmax has a category on their sidebar called Around the Web, which is nothing more than deceptive advertising that looks like news links and leads to fake pseudo-science information and products. For example: “Suffer with Low Energy, Weight Gain & Fatigue”, which leads to a new website promoting products. In another category called Specials, they publish news with sensational headlines such as: “Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery Makes Your Cells Nearly “Immortal” SPECIAL: New way to grow biologically younger,“ which again leads to an advertisement.
When reporting real news, Newsmax uses minimally loaded words in their headlines and articles such as “NYT: Growing Puerto Rican Population Could Offset GOP Cubans” and moderately loaded: “FEMA’s Long: No Time For San Juan Mayor’s ‘Political Noise’. Newsmax also aggregates news stories from credible sources such as Reuters and the AP. Editorially, Newsmax leans strongly right, with most editorials favoring the right, such as “Could Google Lose the Left?”, which first appeared in the right biased Conservative Review.
When it comes to science, Newsmax does not always align with the consensus of experts in the given field. For example, they often promote that there is “no global warming“, which is simply untrue. Further, they have promoted misinformation regarding the safety of vaccines, chemtrails, CoronaVirus conspiracies, and unproven 2020 election fraud disinformation.
Failed Fact Checks
- Does President Barack Obama support taxing motorists based on the number of miles they drive? – False
- World Health Organization (WHO) has rescinded its advice which urges isolation for COVID-19 patients and social distancing in public. – False
- Government Fast-Tracked $29 Million to Charleston – Misleading
- Hillary Clinton refused to meet with a contingent of Gold Star mothers. – False
- The Obama administration provided a $3.7 million grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. – Mostly False
- Will a COVID-19 vaccine alter your DNA? – False
- “He basically controls global health policy. What’s the plan? Using vaccines to track people.” – False
- As an example of voter fraud, “we have literally 9,000 people who voted in this election (in Nevada) who don’t live in Nevada.” – Pants on Fire
- Says Joe Biden is on video “admitting to” election fraud in a “confession.” – False
Overall, we rate Newsmax Right Biased and Questionable based on the promotion of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience as well as numerous failed fact checks. (M. Huitsing 10/8/2017) Updated (01/13/2021)
Source: https://www.newsmax.com/
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Mr Ruddy’s advertisers must like what he is doing and he feels like he is balancing the political scales.
Wow fact checkers should be fired complete lies can we say american propaganda
I’m glad I don’t have to have a social media like Farcebook or Litter in order to make a comment. Your Fact checker is a Democrat!
I use this source to check out media sources for reliability. I also use Business Insider, Associated Press, Politifact, News and News, The Hill, BBC, and the New York Times. No one should rely on one source. However, when several give the same information it is food for thought. Media/Bias is a good site.
I recommend your site 100% of the time. I have tried to also you as a learning aid when teaching people about biases as well as what constitutes a reputable source opposed to a source that has an agenda and not factual.
Are the people who burned the Federal Courthouse in Portland this past summer being chased down at the same rate as the people are being chased down for the DC mess?
I’m a Trump supporter. Here’s my comment for what it’s worth.
First, you should modify the vote system you have in place to add ‘extreme left’ & ‘extreme right’. The vote currently only shows: Left, Center-Left, Center, Right, Center-Right. Great idea btw on letting the people contribute, that’s very right wing of you to empower the people with the freedom to participate. hugs
Second, IMO you shouldn’t demonize NewsMaxTV, nor should you demonize far left extreme news websites. Why? They offer a unique perspective; although flawed, I still want to read and hear from these news sources. Liberals tend to have an authoritarian itch and want to just flat out ban these sites, which makes me want to hear from them even more so.
I primarily watch CNN (Left), FOX (Right), and KTLA/VOA for unbiased (CENTER) facts. If I have more time I’ll check out the other left & right wing websites, then draw a conclusion. I’m a former Democrat, so maybe that’s why I try to listen to both sides so much.
Oh, one more thing. My country of origin is Iran. In Iran the citizens can’t own guns unless they have a permit. It’s almost impossible to own a gun in that country, and their government is extremely authoritarian and oppressive. Without weapons, they can’t fight back. I hope Democrats really think on this before supporting the ban of semi-auto rifles. You guys may be good people, but what if in 50 years we elect an actual tyrant into office and he takes full advantage of the countries lack of arms? Please do not ban semi-auto weapons, because Americans might need them one day to defend from an oppresive regime; learning from Iran as an example. Please learn from my perspective, having come to America from an extremely oppressive regime. Also, it’s very authoritarian for Big Tech to shut out their political opposition from the internet, that is something I’d expect the government of Iran to do, please don’t go down that path, thanks.