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.
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
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Reasoning: Propaganda, Poor Sourcing, Lack of Transparency
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA (45/180 Press Freedom)
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Founded in 2016, Patriotic Viral News is a news and opinion blog that uses video clips in its articles. According to its about page “Patriotic Viral News was designed to bring you the latest conservative news stories and viral videos from around the web.” Other than that they completely lack transparency.
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Funded by / Ownership
Patriotic Viral News lacks transparency as they do not disclose ownership. Revenue is derived through advertising and sponsored content.
Analysis / Bias
In review, Patriotic Viral News does not publish original content but rather summarizes existing news stories from other sources. They change headlines to be more sensationalized such as this Far Left Teachers Create List of Parents Who Disagree with Radical Progressive Agenda, whereas the original article from the far-right Blaze is less sensational VA teachers help create BLACKLIST of parents fighting critical race theory. In general, on this site, all stories favor the right and denigrate the left with very poor sourcing utilized and zero transparency and hence not credible.
Failed Fact Checks
- This source has never been fact-checked.
Overall, we rate Patriotic Viral News a far-right and questionable blog that promotes conservative policy. We also rate them low for factual reporting due to poor sourcing and a complete lack of transparency. (D. Van Zandt 3/1/2017) Updated (3/28/2021)
Last Updated on March 28, 2021 by Media Bias Fact Check
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