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- Overall, we rate Occidental Dissent as extremely right-biased and questionable based on the promotion of hate, propaganda, racial conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience.
Detailed Report
Questionable Reasoning: Propaganda, Poor Sourcing, Lack of Transparency, Conspiracy, Pseudoscience, Hate
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Mimimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Occidental Dissent is a website published by Brad Griffin and based in Alabama. The website features conservative and questionable anti-semitic and racial content. They also lack transparency as there is no about page to describe the mission or ownership.
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Funded by / Ownership
The website does not disclose ownership, though the name Brad Griffin and an address in Alabama are listed on the contact page. Donations to Brad Griffin generate revenue.
Analysis / Bias
Occidental Dissent is a website that promotes white nationalism. The Southern Poverty Law Center has profiled Brad Griffin, stating that “Griffin is both a gatekeeper for the racist “alt-right” and the chief exporter of its most effective tactics to his ideological passion project — Southern nationalism.”
Generally, Brad Griffin, the founder of Occidental Dissent, is a prominent figure within the “Southern Nationalism” movement, which advocates for a separate, white-majority nation in the Southern United States. He is also associated with the “Alt-Right” and expresses strong anti-globalist, anti-Semitic, and white nationalist views. His platform promotes the preservation of “Western civilization” and often features content opposing multiculturalism and immigration.
Articles and headlines often contain emotional language that favors a conservative white nationalist perspective like this: Britain Finally Explodes In Anger. This story consists of nothing but social media posts celebrating violence against Muslims in the UK.
The website also openly promotes Donald Trump with stories like these: The Case for Trump 2024: The Left Is Still The Enemy and The Case for Trump 2024: Secessionists for Trump. Finally, the website displays its favorite sources on the sidebar, primarily far-right hate groups like American Renaissance, Revolver News, and VDare.
In general, Occidental Dissent and its founder have been labeled white nationalist extremists by the SPLC. Their website content is far-right biased, one-sided, and promotes questionable racial ideology.
Failed Fact Checks
- None by a third-party fact checker.
Overall, we rate Occidental Dissent as extremely right-biased and questionable based on the promotion of hate, propaganda, racial conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience. (D. Van Zandt 08/14/2024)
Source: https://occidentaldissent.com/
Last Updated on August 14, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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