Occupy Democrats

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• Overall, we rate Occupy Democrats Questionable due to far left-wing bias, promotion of propaganda and conspiracies, and the publication of fake news as evidence by numerous failed fact checks.

Detailed Report

Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracies, Failed Fact Checks
Bias Rating: FAR LEFT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA (44/180 Press Freedom)
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY

History

According to their about page, “Occupy Democrats is a political organization and information website that provides a counterbalance to the Republican Tea Party. It has grown into the largest and most active community of Democratic voters in the world. It was Founded in late 2012 by Omar and Rafael Rivero.

Occupydemocrats.com is the website associated with their popular Facebook page that has over 7 million followers. A 2017 survey among US readers was voted the “least trusted news source” among American readers, just below Breitbart and BuzzFeed.

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Funded by / Ownership

Occupy Omar, and Rafael Rivero own Occupy Democrats. Omar Rivero also owns the liberal website Washington Press, which we have rated left-biased and mixed for factual reporting. Occupy Democrats is funded through advertising and sponsored content.

Analysis / Bias

From 2017 until 2019, the website was inactive and relied solely on Facebook to promote progressive/liberal memes and information. Since 2019, they have resumed regular publishing of strongly left-biased news and opinions on the website.

In review, Occupy Democrats publishes highly emotional news stories that favor the left and denigrate the right such as this Trump Just Made Bizarre Collusion Accusations In This Morning’s Twitter Rant. This article is properly sourced to Politico as well as former President Trump’s tweets. Other articles reviewed were also properly sourced to outlets such as the Charlotte Observer and NBC News; however, they also sourced to factually Mixed outlets such as Raw Story. In general, story selection always favors the left.

Editorially, they frequently report negatively on Republicans. In particular, former President Donald Trump such as this Trump fails miserably as he tries to slam President Biden with comparisons to Jimmy Carter and this Marco Rubio ridiculed for pathetically bragging about being mentioned by Donald Trump on his blog. A review of the Occupy Democrats Facebook page shows many left-wing memes being posted and news articles that always favor the left and denigrate the right. In general, they report the news with a far-left bias and low facts.

Failed Fact Checks

• Says President Barack Obama “has taken less vacation days than any other president in a generation,” while Congress “has taken more vacation days than any other Congress in history.” – PANTS ON FIRE
• Says Bobby Jindal’s parents “used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby.” – PANTS ON FIRE
• Bruce Springsteen called Donald Trump an “asshole” on Twitter, signing off with the pro-Clinton hashtag #ImWithHer. – FALSE
• After actions by Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans, Wisconsin “is dead broke.”– PANTS ON FIRE
• Says Ted Cruz “was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies America’s national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging.”– PANTS ON FIRE
• “Fox ‘News’ just announced that they will not air Mueller’s testimony about his report, which they claim ‘exonerates’ Trump.” – FALSE
• Ivermectin reduces male fertility – No Evidence