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In May 2018, ''The Federalist'' published an article which suggested that former FBI deputy director [[Andrew McCabe]] had leaked a story to CNN.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/148502/anatomy-pro-trump-conspiracy-theory|title=Anatomy of a Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory|work=The New Republic|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref> The article presented no evidence that this was the case, only that McCabe was aware that CNN would publish a story four days prior to its eventual publication.<ref name=":3" /> According to Matt Ford in ''The New Republic'', the more likely explanation was that CNN contacted the FBI Press Office, consistent with journalistic practices, for comment on a forthcoming story.<ref name=":3" /> George W. Bush's former press secretary Ari Fleischer agreed that CNN was likely contacting the FBI for comment on a forthcoming story, and said that "Whoever told CNN about the briefing is the problem."<ref name=":3" /> ''The Federalist'' story was widely disseminated, including a tweet from Donald Trump Jr.<ref name=":3" />
In May 2018, ''The Federalist'' published an article which suggested that former FBI deputy director [[Andrew McCabe]] had leaked a story to CNN.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/148502/anatomy-pro-trump-conspiracy-theory|title=Anatomy of a Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory|work=The New Republic|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref> The article presented no evidence that this was the case, only that McCabe was aware that CNN would publish a story four days prior to its eventual publication.<ref name=":3" /> According to Matt Ford in ''The New Republic'', the more likely explanation was that CNN contacted the FBI Press Office, consistent with journalistic practices, for comment on a forthcoming story.<ref name=":3" /> George W. Bush's former press secretary Ari Fleischer agreed that CNN was likely contacting the FBI for comment on a forthcoming story, and said that "Whoever told CNN about the briefing is the problem."<ref name=":3" /> ''The Federalist'' story was widely disseminated, including a tweet from Donald Trump Jr.<ref name=":3" />


=== Coronavirus pandemic misinformation ===
=== Alleged Coronavirus pandemic misinformation ===
During the coronavirus pandemic, ''The Federalist'' published numerous pieces that contained false information or information that was contrary to the recommendations of public health experts and authorities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-federalist-as-medical-journal-in-the-time-of-the-coronavirus|title=The Federalist as “Medical Journal” in the Time of the Coronavirus|last=Bethea|first=Charles|website=The New Yorker|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/federalist-suggests-controlled-voluntary-infection-latest-example-its-reckless|title=The Federalist suggests “controlled voluntary infection” in the latest example of its reckless coronavirus coverage|last=Hagle|first=Courtney|website=Media Matters for America|language=en|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref> ''The Federalist'' published articles denouncing social distancing, as well as articles claiming that fears over the coronavirus pandemic had been overhyped by the Democratic Party and the media. ''The Federalist'' co-founder Sean Davis said that Democrats were intentionally trying to "destroy the economy" as a “last-ditch 2020 play”, and that "All they care about is power. And if they have to destroy your life and business to get power back, they will." ''The Federalist'' published articles calling on the government to quickly end social distancing directions, and to open businesses again.<ref name=":4" /> ''The Federalist'' co-founder Ben Domenech attacked a prominent Imperial College analysis which estimated the loss of life due to the coronavirus pandemic; Domenech attacked the analysis for revising its figures downward, but the only reason that the analysis did so was that the analysis incorporated the social distancing and shutdown strategies that had increasingly been implemented.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/31/state-conservative-intelligentsia-is-weird/|title=The state of the conservative intelligentsia is weird|date=2020|work=The Washington Post|access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>
During the coronavirus pandemic, ''The Federalist'' published numerous pieces that contained false information or information that was contrary to the recommendations of public health experts and authorities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-federalist-as-medical-journal-in-the-time-of-the-coronavirus|title=The Federalist as “Medical Journal” in the Time of the Coronavirus|last=Bethea|first=Charles|website=The New Yorker|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/federalist-suggests-controlled-voluntary-infection-latest-example-its-reckless|title=The Federalist suggests “controlled voluntary infection” in the latest example of its reckless coronavirus coverage|last=Hagle|first=Courtney|website=Media Matters for America|language=en|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref> ''The Federalist'' published articles denouncing social distancing, as well as articles claiming that fears over the coronavirus pandemic had been overhyped by the Democratic Party and the media. ''The Federalist'' co-founder Sean Davis said that Democrats were intentionally trying to "destroy the economy" as a “last-ditch 2020 play”, and that "All they care about is power. And if they have to destroy your life and business to get power back, they will." ''The Federalist'' published articles calling on the government to quickly end social distancing directions, and to open businesses again.<ref name=":4" /> ''The Federalist'' co-founder Ben Domenech attacked a prominent Imperial College analysis which estimated the loss of life due to the coronavirus pandemic; Domenech attacked the analysis for revising its figures downward, but the only reason that the analysis did so was that the analysis incorporated the social distancing and shutdown strategies that had increasingly been implemented.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/31/state-conservative-intelligentsia-is-weird/|title=The state of the conservative intelligentsia is weird|date=2020|work=The Washington Post|access-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>


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Not to be confused with The Federalist Papers or The Federalist Society.

The Federalist
Type of site
Online magazine
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersUnited States
Created byBen Domenech
Sean Davis
Luke Sherman
EditorDavid Harsanyi
Mollie Hemingway
URLwww.thefederalist.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional, but is not required to comment
LaunchedSeptember 1, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-09-01)
Current statusActive

The Federalist is an American conservative online magazine and podcast that covers politics, policy, culture, and religion, and publishes a newsletter.[2][3][4][5] The site was co-founded by Ben Domenech and Sean Davis and launched in September 2013.[5]

History

The Federalist was co-founded by Luke Sherman, Ben Domenech and Sean Davis; senior editors include David Harsanyi and Mollie Hemingway.[6][7] Domenech wrote that The Federalist was inspired by the mission and worldview of the original Time magazine's editor, Henry Luce, which he described as, "[leaning] to the political right, with a small-c conservatism equipped with a populist respect for the middle class reader outside of New York and Washington, and an abiding love for America at a time when snark and cynicism were not considered substitutes for smart analysis."[8]

Quoted in the Washington Post in 2018, Domenech described The Federalist as having no office and a staff that was "majority female, half millennial, and a quarter minority."[9] The website is owned by a private company and doesn't have to disclose its ownership or funding structure. According to BuzzFeed News, the website's funding has prompted "a considerable amount of speculation in the political media world, with the phrase 'Who funds the Federalist?' becoming a recurring meme, often tweeted at the site's top brass. The Federalist has winked at the controversy, selling at one point an 'I Fund the Federalist' T-shirt."[10]

Neil deGrasse Tyson

In late 2014, The Federalist attracted media coverage when it published articles[11] alleging that Neil deGrasse Tyson had used fabricated quotes in his public presentations, including one attributed to George W. Bush.[12][13][14][15] Tyson later cited the Bush quote to a speech given after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, and apologized to Bush for misremembering the date and context.[16]

Roy Moore

In November 2017, The Federalist came under criticism from both conservatives and liberals for publishing an opinion piece by Tully Borland, Ouachita Baptist University philosopher, defending Roy Moore for dating teenagers while he was in his 30s, and arguing that such behavior was "not without some merit if one wants to raise a large family."[17] Noah Rothman of the conservative Commentary Magazine stated that the op-ed was "rationalizing away child molestation."[17] Molly Roberts of the Washington Post wrote that the op-ed was "uniquely awful."[18] Ben Domenech defended The Federalist for publishing Borland's op-ed saying the magazine "remains avowedly committed to offering alternative views. For those that have a problem with this, the question is simple: what are you afraid of?"[19]

"Black crime" tag

Until October 2017, The Federalist had a "black crime" tag, which aggregated articles related to criminal activity by black Americans.[20][21] Dan McLaughlin of National Review, a former Federalist contributor, said that the phrasing of the "black crime" tag was "unfortunate," that when he had written for The Federalist he had "never even noticed that there were tags at the bottom of my essays," and that The Federalist "had deleted the tag as soon as it attracted any notice—over a couple of years the tag appeared on only five or six posts."[22]

CNN–FBI conspiracy theory

In May 2018, The Federalist published an article which suggested that former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe had leaked a story to CNN.[23] The article presented no evidence that this was the case, only that McCabe was aware that CNN would publish a story four days prior to its eventual publication.[23] According to Matt Ford in The New Republic, the more likely explanation was that CNN contacted the FBI Press Office, consistent with journalistic practices, for comment on a forthcoming story.[23] George W. Bush's former press secretary Ari Fleischer agreed that CNN was likely contacting the FBI for comment on a forthcoming story, and said that "Whoever told CNN about the briefing is the problem."[23] The Federalist story was widely disseminated, including a tweet from Donald Trump Jr.[23]

Alleged Coronavirus pandemic misinformation

During the coronavirus pandemic, The Federalist published numerous pieces that contained false information or information that was contrary to the recommendations of public health experts and authorities.[24][25] The Federalist published articles denouncing social distancing, as well as articles claiming that fears over the coronavirus pandemic had been overhyped by the Democratic Party and the media. The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis said that Democrats were intentionally trying to "destroy the economy" as a “last-ditch 2020 play”, and that "All they care about is power. And if they have to destroy your life and business to get power back, they will." The Federalist published articles calling on the government to quickly end social distancing directions, and to open businesses again.[25] The Federalist co-founder Ben Domenech attacked a prominent Imperial College analysis which estimated the loss of life due to the coronavirus pandemic; Domenech attacked the analysis for revising its figures downward, but the only reason that the analysis did so was that the analysis incorporated the social distancing and shutdown strategies that had increasingly been implemented.[26]

It published a piece by someone identified as a physician in Oregon who recommended that people hold "chickenpox"-style parties for the coronavirus to build herd immunity, but the recommendations were contrary to those of public health experts, and the author in question did not have a medical license and had worked as a businessman for decades.[25][27][28] At the time, experts warned that the number of new infections should be kept down so as to not overburden the health care system.[29] The Federalist was subsequently temporarily suspended from Twitter because the website used the Twitter platform to promote fringe ideas that contradicted public health experts and were harmful to public health.[28] Reddit also removed links to The Federalist article on its platform.[30]

Labor law violation

In 2019, following staff of other American media companies unionizing, co-founder Domenech tweeted "first one of you tries to unionize I swear I'll send you back to the salt mine".[31] The following year an NLRB judge ruled that Domenech had threatened staff illegally and required the company to post notices in its offices and email employees to inform them about their legal rights.[32] Domenech argued that the tweet was a joke.[32]

Reception

Writing for Politico in 2014, Reid Cherlin wrote about The Federalist in an article about the rise in right-wing media online, describing the site as "seek[ing] to go deep on the issues and sway the conversation in Washington."[33] Matt K. Lewis wrote in The Week that conservative online media was divided between "staid, august publications" and "a new generation of irreverent sites," and that "[s]ites like The Federalist try to bridge the gap by providing serious commentary that is typically written by young, pop culture–savvy writers."[34] In May 2018, Damon Linker of The Week described The Federalist as "a leading disseminator of pro-Trump conspiracies and up-is-down, funhouse-mirror distortions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling and potential Trump involvement."[35]

David Weigel from Bloomberg Politics stated that The Federalist frequently criticizes left-leaning publications, but was founded with the intention of being "a source of original interviews and real-time arguments between conservatives and libertarians."[7] During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, conservative pundit and Trump critic Matt K. Lewis writing for The Daily Beast noted a shift in The Federalist's coverage of Donald Trump, first criticizing the presidential candidate, and then, after Trump won the presidency, criticizing Trump's liberal critics in the mainstream establishment media and casting Trump as a victim.[36]

References

  1. ^ "thefederalist.com Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  2. ^ Polskin, Howard (August 19, 2019). "How conservative media has grown under Trump". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  3. ^ Greenberg, Jon (October 1, 2019). "Donald Trump's false claim about a change in whistleblower rules". PolitiFact. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  4. ^ Kanu, Hassan (September 27, 2019). "The Federalist Hit With Labor Complaint Over Founder's Tweets". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Domenech, Ben (September 18, 2013). "Introducing The Federalist". thefederalist.com. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  6. ^ "Contributors". The Federalist. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  7. ^ a b Weigel, David. "The Torch Is Being Passed to A New Generation of Right-Wing Media". Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  8. ^ "Introducing The Federalist". The Federalist. September 18, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  9. ^ "Why conservative magazines are more important than ever". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  10. ^ Gray, Rosie (August 28, 2019). "The Weekly Standard's Corporate Owner Considered Buying The Federalist". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Just Trust Me On Those Things I Said, OK?". The Federalist. September 27, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  12. ^ "Neil Tyson: Just Trust Me, OK?". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  13. ^ "Politico's dopey climate denial: Global warming might be fake because Neil deGrasse Tyson did something dumb". Salon. October 3, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  14. ^ Lowry, Rich. "The Cult of Neil deGrasse Tyson". Politico. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  15. ^ Mak, Tim (September 19, 2014). "The Right's War on Neil deGrasse Tyson". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  16. ^ Tyson, Neil deGrasse. "Partial Anatomy of My Public Talks". Facebook. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  17. ^ a b Sommer, Will (November 30, 2017). "Conservative site gets major blowback after defending Moore dating teens 'to raise a large family'". TheHill. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  18. ^ "Opinion | The worst Roy Moore take ever has arrived". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  19. ^ "A Note On What We Do Here". The Federalist. December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  20. ^ Ecarma, Caleb (September 28, 2017). "The Federalist Claims NFL Protests Are 'Especially' Offensive to White Americans". Mediaite. Mediaite. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  21. ^ Sheffield, Matthew (December 1, 2017). "Roy Moore, the Federalist, and the Decay of the Conservative Mind". Salon. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  22. ^ McLaughlin, Dan (October 16, 2017). "How Not to Marginalize the Alt-Right". National Review. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  23. ^ a b c d e "Anatomy of a Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory". The New Republic. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  24. ^ Bethea, Charles. "The Federalist as "Medical Journal" in the Time of the Coronavirus". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  25. ^ a b c Hagle, Courtney. "The Federalist suggests "controlled voluntary infection" in the latest example of its reckless coronavirus coverage". Media Matters for America. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  26. ^ "The state of the conservative intelligentsia is weird". The Washington Post. 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  27. ^ Wagner, Laura (March 25, 2020). "Unlicensed Dermatologist Suggests People Throw Coronavirus Parties". Vice. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  28. ^ a b Levenson, Michael (March 25, 2020). "Twitter Blocks The Federalist for Promoting Coronavirus Parties". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  29. ^ Robertson, Adi (March 25, 2020). "Twitter locks account encouraging coronavirus 'chickenpox parties'". The Verge. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  30. ^ Cook, Jesselyn (March 28, 2020). "Facebook Says Post Proposing COVID-19 Infection Parties Doesn't Violate Its Policies". HuffPost. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  31. ^ @bdomenech (June 7, 2019). "FYI @fdrlst first one of you tries to unionize I swear I'll send you back to the salt mine" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ^ a b Kanu, Hassan A. "The Federalist Publisher's Tweet Was Unlawful: NLRB Judge (2)". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  33. ^ Reid Cherlin. "The HuffPo-ization of the Right". Politico.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  34. ^ "The state of conservative media". May 19, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  35. ^ "The irredeemable irresponsibility of The Federalist". May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  36. ^ Lewis, Matt (June 21, 2017). "The Federalist Embraces Anti-Anti Trumpism, Loses Its Way". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
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