The Daily Wire

The Daily Wire
Type News and opinion website
Owner(s) Forward Publishing LLC
Founder(s) Ben Shapiro
Editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro
Managing editors Michael J. Knowles
Launched September 21, 2015
Political alignment Conservatism
Language English
Country United States
Website The Daily Wire
Type of site
 Politics
News and opinion
Website dailywire.com
Alexa rank Positive decrease 2,772 (as of September 2018)[1]
Current status Active

The Daily Wire is an American conservative news and opinion website founded in 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro.[2] He currently serves as editor-in-chief,[3][4] Michael Knowles is managing editor, and Jeremy Boreing is Chief Operating Officer.

History and content

The site's office is in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California.[5]

In addition to its written content, the site produces The Ben Shapiro Show, The Michael Knowles Show, The Matt Walsh Show, and The Andrew Klavan Show.[6] The Ben Shapiro Show webcast predates The Daily Wire.[7][8]

In 2018, after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting the website announced that it would no longer use the face or names of mass shooters when covering shootings.[9][10]

False stories

According to Snopes, "DailyWire.com has a tendency to share stories that are taken out of context or not verified."[11] Among the falsehoods published on The Daily Wire include protesters digging up Confederate graves, Democratic congresspeople refusing to stand for a fallen Navy SEAL's widow, and Harvard University holding segregated commencement ceremonies.[11]

FactCheck.Org found that The Daily Wire was the source of a false story which credited Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson with finding over $500 billion in accounting errors made by the Obama administration. FactCheck.org found that the errors were discovered and published by HUD's independent inspector general before Carson became secretary.[12]

The Daily Wire has published a number of articles doubting that climate change is occurring and that humans contribute to climate change. Experts have described the articles as inaccurate and misleading.[13][14][15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dailywire.com Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Gold, Hadas (March 14, 2016). "Michelle Fields, Ben Shapiro Resign from Breitbart". Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Political commentator Ben Shapiro to Speak at Roanoke College on Thursday". Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ Maddaus, Gene (January 19, 2017). "Inside the Battle 'For the Soul of Conservative Media'". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ Peters, Jeremy W. (2017-10-31). "In the Heart of 'The Resistance,' California Conservatives Are Invigorated". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Podcasts". The Daily Wire. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  7. ↑ Klein, Philip (August 15, 2017). "A High-Speed Train Wreck for Obama and Liberalism". The Washington Examiner. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ Sparber, Max (June 14, 2010). "Big Government, Little Government". MinnPost. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Why 'The Daily Wire' Will No Longer Publish Names Or Pictures Of Mass Shooters". Daily Wire. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  10. ↑ "The Left and Right's Very Different Takes on What Caused Parkland Shooting". pluralist.com. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  11. 1 2 "FACT CHECK: Is Mohammed the Most Popular Name for Newborn Boys in the Netherlands?". Snopes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  12. ↑ "Carson Didn't Find HUD Errors - FactCheck.org". FactCheck.org. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  13. ↑ "Daily Wire article misunderstands study on carbon budget (along with Fox News, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Breitbart…)". Climate Feedback. 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  14. ↑ "The Daily Wire makes wild claims about climate change based on no evidence". Climate Feedback. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  15. ↑ "Analysis of "Scientists: Here's What Really Causes Climate Change (And It Has Nothing To Do With Human Beings)"". Climate Feedback. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
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