LifeZette
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| Available in | English |
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| Founded | October 2014 |
| Headquarters | 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20007[1] United States, United States |
| Owner | Ingraham Media Group, Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Laura Ingraham Peter Anthony |
| URL | LifeZette.com |
| Advertising | Native |
| Registration | Optional, but is required to comment |
| Launched | July 2015 |
LifeZette is an American news, opinion, and commentary website. It was founded in 2015 by conservative political commentator Laura Ingraham and businessman Peter Anthony.[3] The site features news and commentary on a range of topics such as politics, lifestyle and culture using the slogan "Life. Explained."[4]
LifeZette is based in Washington, D.C. and owned by Ingraham Media Group.[5] Ingraham is the publication's editor-in-chief, Maureen Mackey is its managing editor and Peter Anthony is its chief executive officer.[6] The site was criticized for promoting conspiracy theories in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election.[7][8]
History
Peter Anthony registered LifeZette.com in October 2014. He developed the site with radio host Laura Ingraham and they launched LifeZette in July 2015.[4][9] It included news, commentary and original video content that was informational, satirical or humorous. Ingraham described it as "a lifestyle site with a side of politics," containing sections such as PoliZette, MomZette, HealthZette, FaithZette and PopZette.[9]
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.[10]
LifeZette was the first organization called on by Sean Spicer during the initial White House press conference in January 2017.[3]
In August 2017, multiple employees said that Anthony had made sexually inappropriate comments about female employees and had aggressively pressured some to take liquor shots at company events.[11]
Conspiracy theories and the 2016 election cycle =
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 "[t]he video was made in jest, and merely noted that the theories existed," comparing them to viral videos "left-leaning digital outlets".[12] 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."[13][14]
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.[15] The story that the machines were linked to Soros, which was found to be false, was also reported in numerous media outlets including The Daily Caller, Fox News, Newsmax, and The Epoch Times.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Contact Us". LifeZette.
- ^ "lifezette.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ a b "WITH ONE WORD, SPICER FLIPS THE WHITE HOUSE MEDIA ORDER". Vanity Fair.
- ^ a b "Laura Ingraham's new site: LifeZette.com". POLITICO. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Ingraham Media Group, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham To Launch LifeZette | Cision". Cision. 2015-04-06. 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.
- ^ a b "Laura Ingraham Explains It All". World News Daily.
- ^ "Laura Ingraham's Site LifeZette Loses Another Editor". www.mediaite.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ "The CEO of Laura Ingraham's 'LifeZette' Won't Stop Talking About His Employees' "Boobs and Butts"". Daily Beast. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Snubbed by Spicer, AP Throws Temper Tantrum". LifeZette.
- ^ "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.