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== Controversies == == Controversies ==


Any controversies previously listed here have been removed for blatant bias from liberal leaning entities.
=== Climate change denial ===
''The Daily Caller'' has published a number of articles that dispute the ].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/daily-caller-uncritically-reports-misleading-satellite-temperature-study-michael-bastasch/|title=Daily Caller uncritically reports poorly supported conclusion of satellite temperature study|date=December 4, 2017|work=Climate Feedback|access-date=July 19, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, ''The Daily Caller'' published a story falsely claiming that a "peer-reviewed study" by "two scientists and a veteran statistician" found that recent years have not been the warmest ever.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/climatology-fraud-global-warming/|title=FACT CHECK: Peer-Reviewed Study Proves All Recent Global Warming Fabricated by Climatologists?|work=Snopes.com|access-date=July 19, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/05/exclusive-study-finds-temperature-adjustments-account-for-nearly-all-of-the-warming-in-climate-data/|archive-url=https://archive.is/20170706143558/http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/05/exclusive-study-finds-temperature-adjustments-account-for-nearly-all-of-the-warming-in-climate-data/|dead-url=yes|archive-date=July 6, 2017|title=Study Targets Adjusted Climate Data {{!}} The Daily Caller|date=July 6, 2017|work=archive.is|access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref> The alleged "study" was a PDF file on a WordPress blog, and was neither peer-reviewed nor published in a scientific journal.<ref name=":5" /> Also in 2017, ''The Daily Caller'' uncritically published a bogus ''Daily Mail'' story which claimed that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) manipulated data to make climate change appear worse; at the same time, legitimate news outlets debunked the ''Daily Mail'' story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/sep/25/the-mails-censure-shows-which-media-outlets-are-biased-on-climate-change|title=The Mail's censure shows which media outlets are biased on climate change {{!}} Dana Nuccitelli|last=Nuccitelli|first=Dana|date=September 25, 2017|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/02/07/bogus-daily-mail-story-spearheads-latest-right-wing-assault-climate-change-science/215257|title=Bogus Daily Mail Story Spearheads Latest Right-Wing Assault On Climate Change Science|date=February 7, 2017|work=Media Matters for America|access-date=July 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/05/noaa-scientists-manipulated-temperature-data-to-make-global-warming-seem-worse/|title=Whistleblower: NOAA Scientists Manipulated Temperature Data To Make Global Warming Seem Worse|website=dailycaller.com|language=en|access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref> Also in 2017, ''The Daily Caller'' published a story claiming that a study found no evidence of accelerating temperatures over a 23-year period, which climate scientists described as a misleading story.<ref name=":4" /> In 2016, ''The Daily Caller'' published a story claiming that climate scientist ] (director of the Earth System Science Center at ]) had asserted that data was unnecessary to measure climate change; Mann described the story as "egregiously false".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-e-mann/anatomy-of-a-smear-or-how-the-right-wing-denial-machine_b_10997280.html|title='Anatomy of a Smear' or 'How the Right Wing Denial Machine Distorts The Climate Change Discourse'|last=Mann|first=Michael E.|date=July 15, 2016|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, ''The Daily Caller'' wrote that NOAA "fiddle" with data when the agency published a report concluding that there was no global warming hiatus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/06/04/federal-scientists-say-there-never-was-any-global-warming-slowdown/|title=Federal scientists say there never was any global warming "pause"|last=https://www.facebook.com/chriscmooney|website=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/06/scientists-drop-science-bomb-on-climate-skeptics.html|title=Scientists Drop Science Bomb on Climate-Change Skeptics|work=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=July 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

=== Misleading video about NPR ===
In 2011, ''The Daily Caller'' was the first news outlet to disseminate a video by conservative provocateur ] which purportedly showed an NPR fundraiser deriding Republicans. The video was later proven to have been misleadingly edited.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archives.cjr.org/feature/the_great_right_hype.php|title=The Great Right Hype|work=Columbia Journalism Review|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

=== False prostitution allegations ===
In March 2013 ''The Daily Caller'' posted interviews with two women claiming that New Jersey ] Senator ] had paid them for sex while he was a guest of a campaign donor.<ref>Boyle, Mathew (November 1, 2012) . ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved March 13, 2013.</ref> The allegation came five days before the ]. News organizations such as ], which had also interviewed the women, '']'', and the '']'' declined to publish the allegations, viewing them as unsubstantiated and lacking credibility.<ref name="abc-says">{{cite news | publisher = ABC News | title = Woman Says She Was Paid to Lie About Claim of Sex with Senator Menendez | url = http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/woman-paid-lie-claim-sex-senator-menendez/story?id=18653773 | accessdate = March 13, 2013 | date = March 5, 2013 | first = Rhonda | last = Schwartz}}</ref><ref name="nyt-partisan">{{cite news | work = The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/nyregion/partisan-push-led-to-troubling-revelations-about-senator-menendez.html | accessdate = March 13, 2013 | date = February 16, 2013 | first = Eric | last = Lipton | title = Inquiry on Democratic Senator Started with a Partisan Push}}</ref><ref name="atlantic-post">{{cite web | work = The Atlantic | url = http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/03/only-daily-caller-thought-daily-callers-scoop-was-scoop/62906/ | title = Daily Caller's Prostitution 'Scoop' Was So Thin Even the 'New York Post' Passed | first = Philip | last = Bump | accessdate = March 13, 2013 | date = March 8, 2013 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/03/only-daily-caller-thought-daily-callers-scoop-was-scoop/62906/ | archivedate = June 30, 2009 | df = }}</ref> Subsequently, one of the women who accused Menendez stated that she had been paid to falsely implicate the senator and had never met him.<ref name="abc-says"/><ref name="wapo-madeup">{{cite news | work = The Washington Post | title = Escort says Menendez prostitution claims were made up | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/escort-says-menendez-prostitution-claims-were-made-up/2013/03/04/31299fe2-8514-11e2-999e-5f8e0410cb9d_story.html | last=Leonnig | first = Carol D. | authorlink = Carol D. Leonnig| first2 = Ernesto |last2=Londoño | date = March 4, 2013 | accessdate = March 13, 2013}}</ref> Menendez's office described the allegations as "manufactured" by a right-wing blog as a politically motivated smear.<ref>{{cite news |title=Menendez: Prostitution allegations 'manufactured' by 'right-wing blog' |first=Rachel|last=Weiner |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/30/menendez-prostitution-allegations-manufactured-by-right-wing-blog/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 30, 2013 |accessdate=February 9, 2013}}</ref>

A few weeks later, police in the Dominican Republic announced that three women had claimed they were paid $300–425 each to lie about having had sex with Menendez.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Dominican police: Three women lied about sex with Menendez|url=http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/18/dominican-police-three-women-lied-about-sex-with-menendez/|first=Vince|last=Coglianese|agency=Associated Press|date=March 18, 2013|work=The Daily Caller|accessdate= March 19, 2013}}</ref> Dominican law enforcement also alleged that the women had been paid to lie about Menendez by an individual claiming to work for ''The Daily Caller''. ''The Daily Caller'' denied this allegation, stating: "At no point did any money change hands between ''The Daily Caller'' and any sources or individuals connected with this investigation".<ref name="wp-lie">{{cite news |work = ] |title =Dominican official links ''Daily Caller'' to alleged lies about Menendez|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dominican-official-links-daily-caller-to-alleged-lies-about-menendez/2013/03/22/d81470d0-930a-11e2-8ea1-956c94b6b5b9_story.html|date = March 22, 2013 | last = Leonnig | first = Carol D. | authorlink = Carol D. Leonnig | first2=Luz|last2=Lazo}}</ref> Describing what it saw as the unraveling of ''The Daily Caller''{{'}} "scoop", the ] wrote: "''The Daily Caller'' stands by its reports, though apparently doesn't feel the need to ''prove its allegations right''{{-"}}.<ref name="poynter">{{cite web | publisher = ] | first = Jeff | last = Sonderman | date = March 6, 2013 | url = http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/206340/the-daily-callers-menendez-prostitution-scoop-unravels/ | title = ''The Daily Caller''{{'}}s Menendez prostitution 'scoop' unravels | access-date = August 26, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115514/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/206340/the-daily-callers-menendez-prostitution-scoop-unravels/# | archive-date = September 24, 2015 | dead-url = yes | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

=== Fox News controversy ===
In March 2015 ''The Daily Caller'' columnist ] quit after editor ] refused to run a column critical of ] coverage of the immigration policy debate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/mickey-kaus-quits-daily-caller-after-tucker-carlson-204135.html|title=Mickey Kaus quits Daily Caller after Tucker Carlson pulls critical Fox News column|last1=Byers|first1=Dylan|date=March 17, 2015|work=Politico}}</ref> Carlson, who also works for Fox, reportedly did not want ''The Daily Caller'' publishing criticism of a firm that employed him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/03/18/daily-callers-tucker-carlson-takes-a-stand-for-censorship/|title=Daily Caller’s Tucker Carlson takes a stand for censorship|last1=Wemple|first1=Erik|date=March 18, 2015|work=Washington Post}}</ref> Journalist Neil Munro quit two weeks later and Carlson said he was not going to go to work for Breitbart. However, he started writing for Breitbart four months later and has remained there, as of November 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/neil-munro-reporter-who-heckled-obama-out-at-daily-204792.html|title=Neil Munro, reporter who heckled Obama, out at Daily Caller|last1=Byers|first1=Dylan|date=March 31, 2015|work=Politico}}</ref>

=== 2016 presidential election ===
According to a study by ] ], ''The Daily Caller'' was among the most popular sites on the right during the 2016 presidential election. The study also found that ''The Daily Caller'' provided "amplification and legitimation" for "the most extreme conspiracy sites", such as Truthfeed, Infowars, Gateway Pundit and Conservative Treehouse during the 2016 presidential election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/22/trump-backers-disturbing-reliance-on-hoax-and-conspiracy-theory-websites-in-1-chart/|title=Analysis {{!}} Trump backers’ alarming reliance on hoax and conspiracy theory websites, in 1 chart|last=https://www.facebook.com/aaronblakewp?fref=ts|website=Washington Post|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite journal|last=Yochai|first=Benkler,|last2=Hal|first2=Roberts,|last3=M.|first3=Faris, Robert|last4=Bruce|first4=Etling,|last5=Ethan|first5=Zuckerman,|last6=Nikki|first6=Bourassa,|date=2017|title=Partisanship, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election|url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33759251|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/partisan-right-wing-websites-shaped-mainstream-press-coverage-before-2016-election-berkman-klein-study-finds/|title=Partisan right-wing websites shaped mainstream press coverage before 2016 election, Berkman Klein study finds|date=August 16, 2017|work=Harvard Gazette|access-date=August 23, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> ''The Daily Caller'' also "employed anti-immigrant narratives that echoed sentiments from the alt-right and white nationalists but without the explicitly racist and pro-segregation language."<ref name=":32" />

''The Daily Caller'' also played a significant role in creating and disseminating stories that had little purchase outside the right-wing media ecosystem but that stoked the belief among core Trump followers that what Clinton did was not merely questionable but criminal and treasonous. In a campaign that expressed deep anti-Muslim sentiment, a repeated theme was that Hillary Clinton was seriously in hock to Muslim nations.<ref name=":32" /> In one of its most frequently shared stories, ''The Daily Caller'' falsely asserted that Morocco's King Mohammed VI flew Bill Clinton on a private jet, and that this had been omitted from the Clinton Foundation's tax disclosures.<ref name=":32" /> ''The Daily Caller'' also made the "utterly unsubstantiated and unsourced claim" that Hillary Clinton got Environmental Protection Agency "head Lisa Jackson to try to shut down Mosaic Fertilizer, described as America’s largest phosphate mining company, in exchange for a $15 million donation to the Clinton Foundation from King Mohammed VI of Morocco, ostensibly to benefit Morocco’s state-owned phosphate company."<ref name=":32" />

=== Encouragement of violence against protesters ===
In January 2017, ''The Daily Caller'' posted a video which encouraged violence against protesters.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/15/media/daily-caller-fox-news-video-car-crashing-liberal-protesters/index.html|title=Fox News, Daily Caller delete posts encouraging people to drive through protests|last=Kludt|first=Tom|date=August 15, 2017|website=CNNMoney|access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20170815_ap_15c507df08d54afb9597b9c1b59271c7.html|title=Fox removes video with cars plowing through demonstrators|work=Philly.com|access-date=August 16, 2017|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816005603/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20170815_ap_15c507df08d54afb9597b9c1b59271c7.html|archivedate=August 16, 2017|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/2017/08/16/daily-caller-fox-news-delete-video-celebrating-liberal-protesters-getting-pushed-way-cars/|title=Daily Caller, Fox News Delete Video Celebrating 'Liberal Protesters' Getting 'Pushed Out of the Way by Cars'|date=August 16, 2017|website=Snopes.com|access-date=August 18, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/business/media/charlottesville-deadly-protest-media.html|title=Where Is the Line? Charlottesville Forces Media and Tech Companies to Decide|last=Rutenberg|first=Jim|date=August 17, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 18, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The video in question showed a car plowing through protesters, with the headline "Here's A Reel Of Cars Plowing Through Protesters Trying To Block The Road" and set to a cover of ]' "]."<ref name=":0" /> The video drew attention in August 2017 when a white supremacist ] at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.<ref name=":0" /> After the video attracted attention, ''The Daily Caller'' deleted it from its website.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

The ] subsequently criticized ''The Daily Caller'', saying that it had a "white nationalist problem".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/16/daily-caller-has-white-nationalist-problem|title=The Daily Caller has a White Nationalist Problem|work=Southern Poverty Law Center|access-date=August 18, 2017|language=en}}</ref> SPLC also said that two other contributors to ''The Daily Caller'' had ties to white nationalist groups.<ref name=":1" /> It later retracted its claim that Richard Pollock, a devout Jew, was a white nationalist, saying "Pollock was initially included in this story" but "there is no evidence to suggest Mr. Pollock is otherwise a white nationalist."<ref name=":1" />

=== Ties to white supremacists ===
In August 2018, ''The Atlantic'' reported that Scott Greer, then deputy editor of ''The Daily Caller'', had written pieces under a pseudonym "Michael McGregor" in the white supremacist publication ''Radix Journal'' from 2014 to 2015''.'' In articles for ''Radix Journal'', Greer expressed ] views, as well as racist ] and ] views. While in his emails and messages, he expressed anti-Christian and antisemitic theories, as well his relationship with ].<ref name="Gray">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/a-daily-caller-editor-wrote-for-an-alt-right-website-using-a-pseudonym/569335/|title=A Daily Caller Editor Wrote for an ‘Alt-Right’ Website Using a Pseudonym|last=Gray|first=Rosie|date=September 5, 2018|work=The Atlantic|access-date=September 6, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Upon being confronted with his past white supremacist writings, Greer resigned from any affiliation with ''The Daily Caller''.<ref name="Gray"/> In 2017, it had been revealed, Scott Greer had ties to members of the white nationalist movement, including friendships with Devin Saucier, assistant to ] of ], and anti-immigrant activist Marcus Epstein of ], who pled guilty to assaulting an African American woman two years prior to the relationship with Scott Greer.<ref name="salon1"> August 21, 2017, STEPHEN PIGGOTT, ALEX AMEND, Salon</ref> Greer had later deleted parts of his Facebook page, but is seen photographed with nationalists such as Tim Dionisopoulos and ], ] and appears wearing clothes belonging to the group ].<ref name="salon1"/> The Daily Caller itself subsequently stated, about why he had not been fired in 2017: “We had two choices: Fire a young man because of some photos taken of him at metal shows in college, or take his word. We chose to trust him. Now, if what you allege is accurate, we know that trust was a mistake, we know he lied to us. We won’t publish him, anyone in these circles, or anyone who thinks like them. People who associate with these losers have no business writing for our company.” <ref name="Gray"/>

''The Daily Caller'' has posted articles by ],<ref> August 21, 2017, STEPHEN PIGGOTT • ALEX AMEND, Salon</ref> a white supremacist who organized ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newrepublic.com/minutes/142984/daily-caller-just-fine-publishing-white-supremacists|title=The Daily Caller is just fine with publishing white supremacists.|work=New Republic|access-date=August 16, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/who-is-jason-kessler-unite-the-right-charlottesville-2017-8?r=US&IR=T|title=Here's what we know about the 'pro-white' organizer of 'Unite the Right,' who was chased out of his own press conference|work=Business Insider|access-date=August 16, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Before Kessler posted his article, he had spoken at white supremacist gatherings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/things-got-left-out-of-the-daily-callers-report-confederate-monument-rally|title=A Few Things Got Left Out of The Daily Caller’s Report on Confederate Monument Rally|last=Thompson|first=A.C.|date=May 31, 2017|work=ProPublica|access-date=August 16, 2017|language=en}}</ref> After Kessler received attention for his organizing of the Charlottesville white supremacist rally, ''The Daily Caller'' removed his articles from its website,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/2017/08/14/daily-caller-removes-jason-kesslers-byline-from-site/|title=The Daily Caller Removes 'Unite the Right' Organizer Jason Kessler's Bylines From Web Site|date=August 14, 2017|website=Snopes.com|access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> but ''The Daily Caller'' executive editor defended Kessler's articles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmemo.com/right-wing-media-provided-home-white-supremacist-organized-charlottesville-rally/|title=Right-Wing Media Provided Home For White Supremacist Before He Organized Charlottesville Rally|date=August 15, 2017|publisher=}}</ref>

The website has also published pieces by ], founder of the white supremacist website ].<ref name="salon1"/>

=== Heckling of Obama ===
In 2012, ''Daily Caller'' reporter Neil Munro interrupted Barack Obama during one of the President's press conferences, while Obama was giving remarks. Obama said, "The next time I prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask a question." Cutting off Munro's reply, Obama said, "I didn't ask for an argument."<ref name="theatlantic.com">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/06/who-neil-munro-and-why-he-interrupting-president-united-states/326859/</ref> Munro's interruption of remarks by the president was widely considered a startling breach of etiquette. Editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson defended Munro's heckling, saying "As a general matter, reporters are there to ask " and that he was "proud" of Munro.<ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/06/tucker-carlson-defends-heckling-reporter-126302</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico44/2012/06/obama-interrupted-by-heckling-reporter-126301|title=Obama interrupted by heckling reporter|work=POLITICO|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/06/15/obama-heckled-by-daily-caller-reporter-during-immigration-speech-in-rose-garden--|title=VIDEO: Obama Heckled By Daily Caller Reporter During Immigration Speech In Rose Garden|last=Flock|first=Elizabeth|date=June 15, 2012|website=U.S. News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/barack-obama-heckled-daily-caller-338367|title=Reporter Heckles President Obama, Asks Why He 'Favors Foreign Workers' (Video)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 11, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-news-blog/2012/jun/15/neil-munro-daily-caller-obama|title=Daily Caller reporter interrupts Obama's Rose Garden statement|last=Braiker|first=Brian|date=June 15, 2012|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=May 11, 2018}}</ref>

Munro later said in a statement that his intention was to ask questions after the president made his remarks, but he claimed to have misjudged when the president was closing. "I timed the question believing the president was closing his remarks, because naturally I have no intention of interrupting the President of the United States. I know he rarely takes questions before walking away from the podium. When I asked the question as he finished his speech, he turned his back on the many reporters, and walked away while I and at least one other reporter asked questions."<ref name="theatlantic.com"/><ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico44/2012/06/obama-interrupted-by-heckling-reporter-126301</ref>

=== Stefan Halper ===
''The Daily Caller'' was the first news outlet to report on Stefan Halper, a confidential FBI source, and his interactions with Trump campaign advisors ] and ]. Papadopoulos later pleaded guilty to lying to the ] about campaign matters.<ref>{{cite web |first=Joseph |last=Tanfani |url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-pol-essential-washington-updates-former-trump-campaign-aide-george-1509374196-htmlstory.html |title=Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI agents in Mueller probe |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=November 12, 2018 |date=October 30, 2017}}</ref> Page became the subject of surveillance warrants issued by the ] regarding his alleged contacts with Russian intelligence officials.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Beckwith |first1=Ryan Teague |last2=Abramson |first2=Alana |date=February 1, 2018 |title=Who Is Carter Page? Meet the Donald Trump Advisor at the Center of the GOP Memo |url=http://time.com/5128614/carter-page-gop-memo-fisa-warrant/ |magazine=] |location=New York, NY |publisher=] |access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref> Other news outlets confirmed Halper's identity but did not report his identity because US intelligence officials warned that it would endanger him and his contacts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rosenstein-wray-to-meet-with-trump-amid-brewing-controversy-over-fbis-use-of-confidential-informant-in-russia-probe/2018/05/21/b3da543e-5d06-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html|title=White House plans meeting between intelligence officials and GOP lawmakers on FBI source|last=Zapotosky|first=Matt|date=May 21, 2018|work=Washington Post|access-date=May 22, 2018|last2=Kim|first2=Seung Min|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|last3=Leonnig|first3=Carol D.|last4=Barrett|first4=Devlin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/the-fbis-trump-campaign-informant-what-you-need-to-know.html|title=The FBI’s Trump Campaign Informant: What You Need to Know|last=Hart|first=Benjamin|work=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=May 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/was-there-really-spy-inside-trump-campaign-president-says-n875516|title=Was there really a federal spy inside the Trump campaign?|work=NBC News|access-date=May 22, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Allegation of non-profit abuse ===
According to Callum Borchers of ''The Washington Post'', ''The Daily Caller'' has "a peculiar business structure that enables it to increase revenue while reducing its tax obligation."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/02/charity-doubles-as-a-profit-stream-at-the-daily-caller-news-foundation/|title=Analysis {{!}} Charity doubles as a profit stream at The Daily Caller News Foundation|last=Borchers|first=Callum|date=June 2, 2017|work=Washington Post|access-date=June 18, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The organization, a for-profit company, does this by relying on its charity arm, ''The Daily Caller'' News Foundation, to create the majority of its news content.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.exposedbycmd.org/tucker-carlson|title=Exposed: Tucker Carlson, His "Charity," and the Trump Campaign Cash He Didn't Tell FOX Viewers About - EXPOSEDbyCMD|date=June 1, 2017|work=EXPOSEDbyCMD|access-date=June 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

According to Lisa Graves, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration, the situation is “a huge rip-off for taxpayers if ''The Daily Caller'' News Foundation is receiving revenue that it doesn't pay taxes on, to produce stories that are used by the for-profit enterprise, which then makes money on the stories through ads.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/02/charity-doubles-as-a-profit-stream-at-the-daily-caller-news-foundation/|title=Analysis {{!}} Charity doubles as a profit stream at The Daily Caller News Foundation|last=Borchers|first=Callum|date=June 2, 2017|work=Washington Post|access-date=June 19, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

=== Imran Awan ===
''The Daily Caller'' kept conspiracy theories surrounding ] alive with aggressive coverage.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/congressional-it-staffer-reaches-plea-deal-that-debunks-conspiracy-theories-about-illegal-information-access/2018/07/03/3f22786a-7e30-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html|title=Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access|website=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/07/03/federal-prosecutors-debunk-conspiracy-theory-involving-ex-wasserman-schultz-aide/|title=Federal prosecutors debunk conspiracy theory involving ex-Wasserman Schultz aide|last=Leary|first=Alex|work=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=July 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Imran Awan was an IT worker for ] in the ]. ''The'' ''Daily Caller'' sought to tie Awan to a wide range of alleged criminal activity, including unauthorized access to government servers.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://gizmodo.com/feds-debunk-it-staffer-conspiracy-theory-pushed-by-the-1827322016|title=Feds Debunk IT Staffer Conspiracy Theory Pushed by The Daily Caller and Trump|last=Cameron|first=Dell|work=Gizmodo|access-date=July 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The reporter behind the aggressive coverage of Awan told Fox News that the affair was "straight out of James Bond."<ref name=":3" /> An 18-month investigation by federal prosecutors found no evidence of wrongdoing in Awan's work in the House and no support for the conspiracy theories about Awan. In the announcement of the conclusion of the investigation, investigators rebuked a litany of right-wing conspiracy theories about Awan.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":12" />

=== Chinese email hacking ===
In August 2018, ''The Daily Caller'' ran a story alleging that a Chinese-owned company hacked then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server and successfully obtained nearly all of her emails. The Daily Caller cited “two sources briefed on the matter.” After publishing the story, President Trump tweeted the allegations made in ''Daily Caller''<nowiki/>'s reporting. The FBI rebutted the allegations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fbi-rebuts-trump-tweet-about-china-hacking-clinton-s-email-n904811|title=FBI rebuts Trump tweet about China hacking Hillary Clinton's email|work=NBC News|access-date=August 29, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> According to ''The Washington Post'', the claims are without evidence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-without-citing-evidence-says-china-hacked-hillary-clintons-emails/2018/08/29/cdbd6c60-ab71-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html|title=Trump, without citing evidence, says China hacked Hillary Clinton’s emails|website=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref>

=== Fake nude picture of Ocasio-Cortez ===
In January 2019, ''The Daily Caller'' published a story with the misleading headline "Here’s The Photo Some Described As A Nude Selfie Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez." The photo was not of Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez condemned ''The Daily Caller''<nowiki/>'s action as "completely disgusting behavior."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hits-out-at-disgusting-media-publishing-fake-nude-image|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hits out at 'disgusting' media publishing fake nude image|last=Pilkington|first=Ed|date=January 10, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=January 11, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''The Daily Caller'' apologized for the headline, and changed it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-attacks-daily-caller-over-fake-nude-photo-2019-1|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacks The Daily Caller for publishing 'a fake nude photo of me'|last=Ma|first=Alexandra|website=Business Insider|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> ''The Daily Caller'' said that the content of the story was not unlike stories published by Vice and Huffington Post.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ocasio-cortez-drags-the-daily-caller-for-misleading-fake-nude-headline-2019-01-10|title=Ocasio-Cortez slams Daily Caller for misleading fake nude headline|last=Langlois|first=Shawn|website=MarketWatch|language=en-US|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> Vice had published an article debunking that the photo belonged to Ocasio-Cortez.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/424751-ocasio-cortez-slams-disgusting-right-wing-site-for-publishing-fake-nude-photo|title=Ocasio-Cortez slams 'disgusting' right-wing site for publishing fake nude photo|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=January 10, 2019|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref>

=== Article on Media Matters and David Brock ===
In February 2012, ''The Daily Caller'' published an "investigative series" of articles co-authored by Carlson, purporting to be an insiders' exposé of ] (MMfA), a liberal watchdog group that monitors and scrutinizes conservative media outlets, and its founder ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailycaller.com/2012/02/12/inside-media-matters-sources-memos-reveal-erratic-behavior-close-coordination-with-white-house-and-news-organizations/|title=Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations|website=Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations}}</ref> Citing "current and former" MMfA employees, "friends" of Brock's and a "prominent liberal" — none of whom are named — the article characterized MMfA as having "an atmosphere of tension and paranoia" and portraying Brock as "erratic, unstable and disturbing," who "struggles with mental illness," in fear of "right-wing assassins," a regular cocaine user and would "close and party till six in the morning." ] media critic and libertarian ], while noting "I’ve never thought much of Media Matters’ style of watchdogging or Brock’s journalism," nevertheless sharply criticized the ''Daily Caller'' piece as "anonymously sourced crap," adding "Daily Caller is attacking Media Matters with bad journalism and lame propaganda."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2012/02/15/media-madders/|title=Media Madders|first=Jack|last=Shafer|date=February 15, 2012|publisher=}}</ref>


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Conservative news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C.

The Daily Caller
Available inEnglish
FoundedJanuary 11, 2010 (2010-01-11)
OwnerThe Daily Caller, Inc.
Founder(s)Tucker Carlson
Neil Patel
URLdailycaller.com
AdvertisingNative
RegistrationOptional, required to comment
LaunchedJanuary 11, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-01-11)

The Daily Caller is a conservative American news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by political pundit Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel in 2010.

History

The Daily Caller was founded by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel. After raising $3 million in funding from businessman Foster Friess, the website was launched on January 11, 2010. The organization started with a reporting staff of 21 in its Washington office. It was launched as an alternative to the liberal The Huffington Post, similarly featuring sections in broad range of subjects beyond politics.

By late 2012, The New York Times reported that the site had quadrupled its page view and total audience and had become profitable without ever buying an advertisement for itself.

By 2013, the site was receiving over 35 million views a month according to Quantcast, surpassing rival sites such as The Washington Times, Politico, and Forbes. The site has an active community, with over 200,000 comments made each month.

Notable figures have commented on The Daily Caller. Karl Rove has said that "The Daily Caller is necessary reading for anyone who wants to be up to speed with what's going on with politics in America." Larry Kudlow referred to the site as "one of faves."

Staff and contributors

Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson

The Daily Caller is in the White House rotating press pool and has full-time reporters on Capitol Hill. Notable contributors include Ann Coulter.

Contributors to The Daily Caller include economist Larry Kudlow, Congressman Mark Sanford, sculptor Robert Mihaly, and diplomat Alan Keyes.

The Daily Caller also hosts The Mirror, a blog written by former FishbowlDC editor and The Hill columnist Betsy Rothstein. The Mirror covers media in Washington D.C., news related to journalism organizations, as well as political and media related gossip. The tagline is, "Reflections of a self-obsessed city."

Political stance

When it first launched in January 2010, Mercedes Bunz, writing for The Guardian, said The Daily Caller was "setting itself up to be the conservative answer to The Huffington Post". According to Bunz, a year before the website launched, Carlson promoted it as "a new political website leaning more to the right than Politico and TalkingPointsMemo". However, at launch, he wrote a letter to readers that said it was not going to be a right-wing site.

During a January 2010 interview with Politico, Carlson said The Daily Caller was not going to be tied to his personal political ideologies and that he wanted it to be "breaking stories of importance". In a Washington Post article about The Caller's launch, Howard Kurtz wrote, " partner is Neil Patel, a former Dick Cheney aide. His opinion editor is Moira Bagley, who spent 2008 as the Republican National Committee's press secretary. And his $3 million in funding comes from Wyoming financier Foster Friess, a big-time GOP donor. But Carlson insists this won't be a right-wing site". Kurtz quoted Carlson as saying, "We're not enforcing any kind of ideological orthodoxy on anyone". In an interview with The New York Times, Carlson said that the vast majority of traditional reporting comes from a liberal point of view and called The Daily Caller's reporting "the balance against the rest of the conventional press".

In a 2012 Washingtonian article, Tom Bartlett said Carlson and Patel developed The Daily Caller as "a conservative news site in the mold of the liberal Huffington Post but with more firearms coverage and fewer nipple-slip slide shows".

Controversies

Any controversies previously listed here have been removed for blatant bias from liberal leaning entities.

Awards

References

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  7. "On Christian Political Apostasy As The Source Of America's Greatest Peril". The Daily Caller. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
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  9. "Why Stopping Trump Is Of Utmost Importance". The Daily Caller. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  10. "Fishbowl's Betsy Rothstein to Daily Caller". POLITICO. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  11. Beaujon, Andrew (November 7, 2013). "Betsy Rothstein, Washington's Strangest Gossip, Does Not Explain Washington". New Republic. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  12. Bunz, Mercedes (January 11, 2010). "The Daily Caller: the conservative answer to the Huffington Post". The Guardian. London. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
  13. Calderone, Michael (January 11, 2010), "Tucker: 'Conventional journalism is no safer than a start-up'", Politico
  14. Kurtz, Howard (January 11, 2010). "Tucker's excellent adventure". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
  15. Bartlett, Tom. "The Bearable Lightness of Being Tucker Carlson". The Washingtonian. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
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  17. "List of American Legion Fourth Estate Award winners".
  18. "List of Telly Award winners".

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