LifeZette
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Type of site
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News and opinion |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | April 1, 2015 |
| Headquarters | 4070 52nd Street NW Washington, DC 20016 United States, United States |
| Owner | Ingraham Media Group, Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Laura Ingraham |
| Key people | Laura Ingraham (Editor-in-chief) |
| Slogan(s) | LIfe. Explained. |
| Website | LifeZette.com |
| Alexa rank |  4,033 (February 2017[update])[1] |
| Advertising | Native |
| Registration | Optional, but is required to comment |
| Launched | April 2015 |
| Current status | Online |
LifeZette is an American news, opinion, and commentary website based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 2015 by conservative pundit and radio host Laura Ingraham.[2] Its slogan being, "Life. Explained.", the website provides news and commentary on politics, lifestyle, and culture, organized into the sections PoliZette, MomZette, HealthZette, FaithZette, and PopZette.[3]
LifeZette launched in April 2015, and is owned by Ingraham Media Group. Ingraham serves as the publication's editor-in-chief, with Joseph Curl as senior editor.[4][5][6]
The website has been criticized for promoting conspiracy theories in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election.[7][8]
History[edit]
LifeZette was launched on March 31, 2015. The site first hired outgoing Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro to be its political editor, but Munro withdrew before the site's launch. Quin Hillyer was enlisted to be its political editor, before he was replaced by Keith Koffler in August 2015. Koffler left the site in May 2016 to work at the Washington Examiner.[9]
Promotion of conspiracy theories[edit]
In 2016 LifeZette published a video titled "Clinton Body Count", which promoted conspiracy theories regarding Bill and Hillary Clinton. LifeZette removed the video and later released a statement saying that, "The video was made in jest, and merely noted that the theories existed," comparing them to, "viral videos that are not presented as news" made by BuzzFeed.[10] In September, the website published a since-removed article entitled "10 People Under the Clinton Curse", which stated that it was "hard to deny that being close with the Clintons could kill you."[11][12]
The website posted a video two weeks before the 2016 Presidential Election on voting machines possibly being compromised because of links to a company tied to liberal billionaire George Soros.[13] The conspiracy theory was also reported in numerous media outlets including The Daily Caller, Fox News, Newsmax, and The Epoch Times.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "lifezette.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham's new site: LifeZette.com". POLITICO. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "About LifeZette | LifeZette". www.lifezette.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Meet Our Editors | LifeZette". www.lifezette.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham To Launch LifeZette | Cision". Cision. 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Ingraham Media Group, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham's 'LifeZette' website promotes conspiracy theory Clintons have been involved in murders". Business Insider. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Pro-Trump site that published fake news gets 1st question at White House briefing". Chicago Tribune. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham's Site LifeZette Loses Another Editor". www.mediaite.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/snubbed-spicer-ap-throws-temper-tantrum/?utm_content=bufferfe835&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=laura_ingraham_buffer. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ "10 People Under the Clinton Curse". Lifezette. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham's 'LifeZette' website promotes conspiracy theory Clintons have been involved in murders". Business Insider. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Pro-Trump site that published fake news gets 1st question at White House briefing". Chicago Tribune. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
