QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
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.
- Overall, we rate Personal Liberty a Questionable source based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of conspiracies and propaganda, and poor sourcing.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Poor Sourcing
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Founded by Bob Livingston in 2003, Personal Liberty is an ultra-conservative news and opinion website. The website is a product of The Bob Livingston Letter, founded in 1969. Bob Livingston claims to have had 4 heart attacks 45 years ago but never had surgery due to alternative health practices, which makes him a supposed health expert.
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Funded by / Ownership
Personal Liberty is presumed to be owned by Bob Livingston with revenue derived through advertising.
Analysis /Bias
In review, Personal Liberty could easily be classified as both a conspiracy and pseudoscience website, however, the content is also highly political favoring the right. For example, they frequently rail against globalists and praise President Trump such as this The conspiracy to kill Trump. Like most stories, this is completely unsourced and is the opinion of the author. When it comes to science this is not a reputable source on any level. They deny human-influenced climate change such as this Climate scientists: Alarm over global warming ‘based on nonsense’ and ‘irrational at best’ and promote anti-vaccination propaganda Vaccination 101: Why vaccines are useless, inefficient and dangerous. Finally, there are ample conspiracy theories found here such as the Clintons murdering people, Hillary is a deranged sociopathic war criminal who should be indicted for conspiracy and murder, and labeling the Coronavirus a hoax, as seen here The coronavirus hoax.
In general, Personal Liberty is an extreme right-biased website that promotes conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience, and is very poorly sourced.
Overall, we rate Personal Liberty a Questionable source based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of conspiracies and propaganda, and poor sourcing. (D. Van Zandt 6/19/2016) Updated (07/18/23)
Source: https://personalliberty.com/
Last Updated on July 18, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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