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 profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be 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 Reasoning: Propaganda, Poor Sourcing, Lack of Transparency, Conspiracy, Pseudoscience, False Claims
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: EXTREME RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
Press Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
Whatfinger has a tagline that reads: “The Relentless Pursuit of Creating The Greatest Aggregate Link News Site On Earth.” According to their about page: “Whatfinger News was founded by military people and 100% unapologetic for being patriotic. That doesn’t mean we don’t show opposing views, sites, and papers. We do and label them on the homepage in sections as right-wing or left-wing.”
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Funded by / Ownership
Whatfinger does not disclose ownership. The website is funded through advertising.
Analysis / Bias
In review, Whatfinger.com is a news aggregation website that primary sources from right-wing news sources. Whatfinger sources from a wide variety of right-leaning websites, some of which are Mixed or low for factual reporting, such as Breitbart and the Daily Wire. They also frequently source from Questionable sources such as the Geller Report and the Gateway Pundit. While they do occasionally source from credible sources such as Reuters, this is rare as the majority are right-leaning and conspiratorial. In general, all aggregated news favors the right.
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, they have aggregated false and misleading information from Dr. Robert Malone, Gateway Pundit, The Expose, and Natural News. Finally, they have published debunked election fraud information. Generally, this is a questionable source based on routinely relying on sources who fail fact checks and promote pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years, as they do not produce original content. The sources they use do fail fact checks.
Overall, we rate Whatfinger Right Biased and Questionable based on aggregating news from sources that routinely promote conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and false claims. (D. Van Zandt 5/28/2018) Updated (10/24/2022)
Source: http://www.whatfinger.com/
Last Updated on October 24, 2022 by Media Bias Fact Check
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