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 Right Wing News as a Questionable source based on extreme right-wing bias, poor sourcing, and promotion of propaganda.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Extreme Right, Propaganda
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
Right Wing News was founded by John Hawkins, a far-right conservative who regularly contributes articles to right-wing publications.
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Funded by / Ownership
Right Wing News is owned by John Hawkins and if funded via online advertising.
Analysis / Bias
In review, every headline and article on Right Wing News utilizes very strong loaded emotional language such as: Excellent: Trump Looking To Build More Jails For Illegals. All articles favor the right in story selection and denigrate the left. In particular, this source likes to expose crimes and/or negative stories that relate to people of color or Islam. Further, many articles use sources that are rated as Questionable or on the extreme end of right-wing. They also have a Mostly False Claim by an IFCN fact checker.
Overall, we rate Right Wing News as a Questionable source based on extreme right-wing bias, poor sourcing, and promotion of propaganda. (10/19/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 09/01/2018)
Source: https://rightwingnews.com/
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