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Type of site | News, opinion |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | January 11, 2010 |
| Headquarters | 1920 L Street NW, 2nd Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 |
| Owner | The Daily Caller, Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Tucker Carlson Neil Patel[1][2] |
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| URL | dailycaller |
| Advertising | Native |
| Registration | Optional, required to comment |
| Launched | January 11, 2010 |
| Current status | Online |
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The Daily Caller is a right-wing news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C.[7] It was founded by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and political pundit Neil Patel in 2010. Launched as a "conservative answer to The Huffington Post", The Daily Caller quadrupled its audience and became profitable by 2012, surpassing several rival websites by 2013. In 2020, the site was described by The New York Times as having been "a pioneer in online conservative journalism".[8] The Daily Caller is a member of the White House press pool.[9]
The Daily Caller has published false stories and declined to correct them when they were shown to be untrue.[16] The website has published articles that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change. In September 2018, the website cut ties with an editor linked to white supremacist causes.[17][18] The website has responded to challenges to its stories in various ways, in some cases defending their claims, and in others expressing regret for story headlines or content;[19] and on at least one occasion, when pointed out by other news outlets, the website has repudiated a past article writer due to support of extremist views.[17]
In June 2020, Carlson left the site, with Patel buying out Carlson's stake to become majority owner.[20][8] Foster Friess, a major conservative donor also known for being an investment manager, remained a partial owner until his death in 2021.[8][21]
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- ^ Banville, Lee (2016). "Daily Caller". Covering American Politics in the 21st Century: An Encyclopedia of News Media Titans, Trends, and Controversies. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 153–55. ISBN 978-1440835537. Archived from the original on May 31, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ Benkler, Yochai; Faris, Rob; Roberts, Hal (2018). Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation and Radicalization in American Politics. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190923624.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-092362-4. OCLC 1045162158. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ Heft, Annett; Mayerhöffer, Eva; Reinhardt, Susanne; Knüpfer, Curd (March 2020). "Beyond Breitbart: Comparing Right-Wing Digital News Infrastructures in Six Western Democracies". Policy & Internet. 12 (1). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell: 20–45. doi:10.1002/poi3.219. S2CID 203110947. Archived from the original on May 31, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Freelon, Deen; Marwick, Alice; Kreiss, Daniel (September 4, 2020). "False equivalencies: Online activism from left to right" (PDF). Science. 369 (6508): 1197–1201. Bibcode:2020Sci...369.1197F. doi:10.1126/science.abb2428. PMID 32883863. S2CID 221471947. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ Hamera, Judith (February 17, 2019). "Weighty Anti-Feminism, Weighty Contradictions: Anti-Fat Coverage and Invective in US Right-Wing Populist Outlets". Women's Studies. 48 (2). Routledge: 146–166. doi:10.1080/00497878.2019.1580523. S2CID 150645676.
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- ^ a b c Grynbaum, Michael M. (June 10, 2020). "Tucker Carlson Sells His Stake in The Daily Caller". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
- ^ "About Us". The Daily Caller. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
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In 2011, the site reported that the Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to hire more than 230,000 new employees, which would amount to a mind-boggling 1,300-percent growth in its workforce. It did not walk back the claim, even when it was shown to be untrue.
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- ^ Hagey, Keach (June 10, 2020). "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Leaves the Daily Caller". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (May 29, 2021). "Foster Friess, Big Donor to Republicans, Dies at 81". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.