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Detailed Report
Bias Rating: RIGHT
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: Canada
Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
The Right Scoop does not have an about page; however, a Whois search reveals the domain was registered privately in 2009 and appears to be from Ontario, Canada. The writers/posters on The Right Scoop use screen names rather than their real names. Right Scoop is a mid-sized website that receives around 1.5 million page views per month, according to Similar Web.
Funded by / Ownership
The Right Scoop does not disclose ownership and the site appears to generate revenue through online advertising, donations, and subscription fees.
Analysis / Bias
The Right Scoop reports news with a right-wing bias in story selection and loaded wording that favors the right: Sarah Sanders releases blistering statement on Omarosa. Rather than sourcing this story, they offer a block quote and opine about the statement. This is the norm for most stories on The Right Scoop; take a snippet of a news article and editorialize it with a right-leaning bias.
Editorially, all stories favor a conservative right perspective and frequently denigrate the left, such as this The left is using a new woke term, and it will make you roll your eyes HARD. Further, throughout 2020-2021 they published misinformation regarding Covid-19 and Election Fraud. For example, they claimed that Joe Biden was the only person to wear a mask at the climate summit in April 2021. According to Politifact and other fact-checkers, this is not true.
Finally, they frequently repeated the false election fraud claims of former President Trump and “My Pillow Guy” Mike Lindell. In general, The Right Scoop is far-right biased and frequently publishes false and misleading information.
Failed Fact Checks
- The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown. – False
- “Shredded Pennsylvania Mail-in ballot Applications discovered in a trailer. The applications were for @realDonaldTrump.” – False
- “America is dead.” Geez. Joe ‘Eeyore’ Biden. – False
- Hillary Clinton said in a speech that Christians in America must deny their faith in Christianity. – False
- In the summer of 2018, President Donald Trump donated his entire $400,000 annual salary to the Department of the Interior for the purpose of rebuilding military cemeteries. – False
Source: http://therightscoop.com/
Last Updated on January 15, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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