CONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCE
Sources in the Conspiracy-Pseudoscience category may publish unverifiable information that is not always supported by evidence. These sources may be untrustworthy for credible/verifiable information, therefore fact checking and further investigation is recommended on a per article basis when obtaining information from these sources. See all Conspiracy-Pseudoscience sources.
Update: As of November 2018 YourNewsWire redirects to a new website called News Punch.
- Overall, we rate YourNewsWire a Tin Foil Hat level conspiracy website that has zero credibility due to the routine publishing of fake news.
Detailed Report
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
YourNewsWire is a Los Angeles-based clickbait news website known for promoting conspiracy theories and pseudoscience misinformation. The website is founded and edited by Sean Adl-Tabatabai.
Read our profile on United States government and media.
Funded by / Ownership
YourNewsWire claims on its website that it is owned by a holding company called The People’s Voice, inc. The website is funded through an online advertising model.
Analysis / Bias
In review, YourNewsWire is a conspiracy and pseudoscience website that also routinely publishes fake news. Headlines use loaded emotional language such as this: I Was In The Illuminati I’m Going To Tell You Everything, Shocking Expose. Politically, story selection almost always favors the right through negative stories regarding liberal policy and politicians such as this: CIA Insider: Hillary Clinton Most Treasonous Leader In History.
YourNewsWire publishes anti-vaccination propaganda, stories of impending world war 3 and extraterrestrial stories, just to name a few. Further, YourNewsWire has made Factcheck.org’s fake news list. as well as having an abysmal track record with fact-checkers. Finally, according to Poynter Institute, YourNewsWire has more false claims by IFCN fact checkers than any other website.
Overall, we rate YourNewsWire a Tin Foil Hat level conspiracy website that has zero credibility due to the routine publishing of fake news. (9/10/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 7/23/2018)
Source: http://yournewswire.com/
Update: As of November 2018 YourNewsWire redirects to a new website called News Punch.
Last Updated on July 1, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check
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