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'''''The Gateway Pundit''''' (TGP) is a |
'''''The Gateway Pundit''''' (TGP) is a conservative website founded by Jim Hoft after the [[United States presidential election, 2004|United States presidential election in 2004]].<ref name="Gateway Pundit – About">[http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/about/ Gateway Pundit – About]. Gateway Pundit (2013-07-29). Retrieved on 2017-01-25.</ref><ref name="New York Times - Rutenberg">{{cite news|last1=Rutenberg|first1=Jim|title=‘Alternative Facts’ and the Costs of Trump-Branded Reality|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/business/media/alternative-facts-trump-brand.html?_r=0|accessdate=1 February 2017|publisher=The New York Times|date=22 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Death and Taxes - Salisbury">{{cite news|last1=Salisbury|first1=Drew|title=White House officials will no longer appear on CNN because they’re sick of being held accountable|url=http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/317001/white-house-officials-will-no-longer-appear-cnn-sick-of-being-held-accountable/|accessdate=1 February 2017|publisher=Death and Taxes Magazine|date=1 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="POLITICO">{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Alfred|title=Pro-Trump TV Network Has Big-League Dreams|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/right-side-broadcasting-network-donald-trump-214633|accessdate=1 February 2017|publisher=POLITICO|date=14 January 2017}}</ref> According to Hoft, it was founded to "speak the truth" and to "expose the wickedness of the left."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/13/jim-hoft-conservative-blogger-comes-out-as-gay-aft/|title=Jim Hoft, conservative blogger, comes out as gay after Orlando terror attack|last=|first=|date=|work=The Washington Times|access-date=2017-05-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> The Gateway Pundit is supportive of [[Donald Trump|President Donald Trump]] and is allied with elements of the [[alt-right]] in American politics.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Patterico|title=FINALLY: Gateway Pundit Brings Pepe to the White House|url=http://www.redstate.com/patterico/2017/02/13/finally-gateway-pundit-brings-pepe-white-house/|accessdate=March 9, 2017|work=RedState|date=February 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Ben|title=Alt-Right Frames Wrong Esteban Santiago for Shooting, Kickstarts Racist Conspiracy Theory|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/06/inside-the-alt-right-s-florida-airport-shooter-esteban-santiago-hoax.html|accessdate=March 9, 2017|work=The Daily Beast|date=January 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gray|first1=Rosie|title=The 'Deploraball' Celebrated Trump—and Revealed Fissures Within the Alt-Right|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/the-new-right-and-the-alt-right-party-on-a-fractious-night/514001/|accessdate=March 9, 2017|work=The Atlantic|date=January 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Staff|title=Daily Beast Exposes Racist Alt-Right Conspiracy Theory About Fort Lauderdale Shooter|url=https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/01/07/daily-beast-exposes-racist-alt-right-conspiracy-theory-about-fort-lauderdale-shooter/214948|website=Media Matters for America|accessdate=March 9, 2017|date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> The blog is often linked to or cited by [[Fox News]], [[Drudge Report]], [[Sarah Palin]] and other well-known conservative people and sites.<ref name="NYT_T100_Gateway_Credentials">{{citation|title=White House Grants Press Credentials to a Pro-Trump Blog|date=13 February 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/business/the-gateway-pundit-trump.html|author=Michael M. Grynbaum|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=14 February 2017}}</ref> The website is known for publishing falsehoods and spreading hoaxes.<!-- begin cite bundle --><ref name="references related to hoaxes"> |
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''O''ne week after the 2016 presidential election, The Gateway Pundit published a post entitled "One Week After Election Loss Hillary Clinton Looks Like Death," stating that "[s]he looked like death… She’s either been on a bender, or crying her eyes out… or both."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/one-week-election-loss-hillary-clinton-looks-like-death/|title=One Week After Election Loss Hillary Clinton Looks Like Death|website=www.thegatewaypundit.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-26}}</ref> A February 13, 2017 article in ''The New York Times'' cited to that post in describing The Gateway Pundit as a "provocative conservative blog" that promotes "false rumors about voter fraud and Hillary Clinton’s health."<ref name="NYT_T100_Gateway_Credentials" /> |
''O''ne week after the 2016 presidential election, The Gateway Pundit published a post entitled "One Week After Election Loss Hillary Clinton Looks Like Death," stating that "[s]he looked like death… She’s either been on a bender, or crying her eyes out… or both."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/one-week-election-loss-hillary-clinton-looks-like-death/|title=One Week After Election Loss Hillary Clinton Looks Like Death|website=www.thegatewaypundit.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-26}}</ref> A February 13, 2017 article in ''The New York Times'' cited to that post in describing The Gateway Pundit as a "provocative conservative blog" that promotes "false rumors about voter fraud and Hillary Clinton’s health."<ref name="NYT_T100_Gateway_Credentials" /> |
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In October 2017, the Gateway Pundit published an article which falsely implicated an innocent individual as the shooter in the [[2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/10/02/how-far-right-trolls-named-the-wrong-man-as-the-las-vegas-shooter/|title=Analysis {{!}} How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter|last=https://www.facebook.com/aohlheiser|website=Washington Post|access-date=2017-10-02}}</ref |
In October 2017, the Gateway Pundit published an article which falsely implicated an innocent individual as the shooter in the [[2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting]], a story that was also pushed by Google as a "top story."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/10/02/how-far-right-trolls-named-the-wrong-man-as-the-las-vegas-shooter/|title=Analysis {{!}} How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter|last=https://www.facebook.com/aohlheiser|website=Washington Post|access-date=2017-10-02}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:45, 3 October 2017
Type of site | Conservative political blog |
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| Available in | English |
| Created by | Jim Hoft[1] |
| Editor | Jim Hoft |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 2004 |
The Gateway Pundit (TGP) is a conservative website founded by Jim Hoft after the United States presidential election in 2004.[2][3][4][5] According to Hoft, it was founded to "speak the truth" and to "expose the wickedness of the left."[6] The Gateway Pundit is supportive of President Donald Trump and is allied with elements of the alt-right in American politics.[7][8][9][10] The blog is often linked to or cited by Fox News, Drudge Report, Sarah Palin and other well-known conservative people and sites.[11] The website is known for publishing falsehoods and spreading hoaxes.[12]
Organization overview
The Gateway Pundit was founded in 2004 by Jim Hoft in St. Louis, Missouri.[13][14] During the course of the 2016 presidential campaign, over a million unique visitors a day visited The Gateway Pundit.[13]
White House press credentials
On February 13, 2017, founder Jim Hoft and The Gateway Pundit's Lucian Wintrich, a 28-year-old writer and artist, were granted White House press credentials. Hoft and Wintrich, the "freshly minted White House correspondent", attended the press conference with Trump and the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, as their first White House event. Wintrich has collaborated with Milo Yiannopoulos, a "strident" and "polarizing"[11] former editor at Breitbart News.[15]
As official correspondents, Hoft and Wintrich can now attend all press briefings and address their questions to whoever happens to be the White House press secretary at the time. In an interview, Wintrich described how they will "be reporting far more fairly than a lot of the very left-wing outlets that are currently occupying the briefing room. We will be doing a little trolling of the media in general here."[11] In addition, according to Wintrich, The Gateway Pundit's mission with respect to its White House access is “to help drain the press swamp” by covering the press corps’ “very leftist and biased reporting”[16] and to alleviate what he sees as a weight of bias amongst reporters in the White House press corp.[15]
Activities and recognition
On March 5, 2013, Jim Hoft was awarded the Reed Irvine Award for New Media by the Accuracy in Media watchdog at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).[17][18] In March 2015, it was announced that Americans for Prosperity Foundation had selected The Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft to receive the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism.[19]
On March 4, 2017, Hoft spoke at the Spirit of America Rally in Nashville, TN and announced that he was starting an event, "The Real News Correspondents' Dinner", which would serve to compete with the White House Correspondents' Dinner.[20] The event occurred as planned on April 28, 2017.[21]
Controversy
One week after the 2016 presidential election, The Gateway Pundit published a post entitled "One Week After Election Loss Hillary Clinton Looks Like Death," stating that "[s]he looked like death… She’s either been on a bender, or crying her eyes out… or both."[22] A February 13, 2017 article in The New York Times cited to that post in describing The Gateway Pundit as a "provocative conservative blog" that promotes "false rumors about voter fraud and Hillary Clinton’s health."[11]
In October 2017, the Gateway Pundit published an article which falsely implicated an innocent individual as the shooter in the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting, a story that was also pushed by Google as a "top story."[23]
References
- ^ Borchers, Callum (20 January 2017). "Blog known for spreading hoaxes says it will have a correspondent in Trump White House". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Gateway Pundit – About. Gateway Pundit (2013-07-29). Retrieved on 2017-01-25.
- ^ Rutenberg, Jim (22 January 2017). "'Alternative Facts' and the Costs of Trump-Branded Reality". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Salisbury, Drew (1 February 2017). "White House officials will no longer appear on CNN because they're sick of being held accountable". Death and Taxes Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Miller, Alfred (14 January 2017). "Pro-Trump TV Network Has Big-League Dreams". POLITICO. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Jim Hoft, conservative blogger, comes out as gay after Orlando terror attack". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Patterico (13 February 2017). "FINALLY: Gateway Pundit Brings Pepe to the White House". RedState. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Collins, Ben (6 January 2017). "Alt-Right Frames Wrong Esteban Santiago for Shooting, Kickstarts Racist Conspiracy Theory". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Gray, Rosie (20 January 2017). "The 'Deploraball' Celebrated Trump—and Revealed Fissures Within the Alt-Right". The Atlantic. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Staff (6 January 2017). "Daily Beast Exposes Racist Alt-Right Conspiracy Theory About Fort Lauderdale Shooter". Media Matters for America. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d Michael M. Grynbaum (13 February 2017), White House Grants Press Credentials to a Pro-Trump Blog, The New York Times, retrieved 14 February 2017
{{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Jim Hoft's Articles". Human Events. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b Andrew Buncombe (14 February 2017), Gateway Pundit: Pro-Donald Trump blog granted White House press credentials, New York: The Independent, retrieved 14 February 2017,
Gateway Pundit published false reports about Hillary Clinton's health and voter fraud
- ^ "'Real News' Joins the White House Briefing Room". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Krepel, Terry (13 March 2013). "Accuracy In Media Honors Inaccuracy In Media". Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ Catherine Herridge, Jim Hoft to Receive Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Awards at CPAC, Washington: Accuracy in Media, 5 March 2013, retrieved 14 February 2017,
Jim Hoft [for] His dedication to a free America and his personal devotion to democracy that has led him to cover freedom movements from inside Iran to the streets of Azerbaijan, have propelled GatewayPundit into one of the country's top resources for right-of-center news and commentary.
- ^ "Sponsored Content: Jim Hoft to Receive Breitbart Award at RightOnline Conference - Breitbart". Breitbart. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "GatewayPundit's Jim Hoft to Start Alternative Press Dinner to Honor 'Real News' Journalists". Retrieved 28 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "An Awkward Right Wing Dance Party". Retrieved 31 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "One Week After Election Loss Hillary Clinton Looks Like Death". www.thegatewaypundit.com. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/aohlheiser. "Analysis | How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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