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Gateway Pundit
Type of site
Conservative political blog
Available inEnglish
Created byJim Hoft[1]
EditorJim Hoft
URLwww.thegatewaypundit.com
Launched2004; 20 years ago (2004)

The Gateway Pundit (TGP) is a right-wing,[2][3][4][5] far-right,[6][7][8] pro-Trump[9] website. It was founded after the United States presidential election in 2004,[10][11] according to its founder Jim Hoft, to "speak the truth" and to "expose the wickedness of the left".[12] The website is often linked to or cited by Fox News commentator Sean Hannity, Drudge Report, Sarah Palin and other well-known conservative people and media outlets.[13] The website is known for publishing falsehoods and spreading hoaxes.[14][5][15][16]

Organization overview

The Gateway Pundit was founded in 2004 by Jim Hoft in St. Louis, Missouri.[17][18] During the course of the 2016 presidential campaign, over a million unique visitors a day visited The Gateway Pundit.[17]

White House press credentials

In February 2017, founder Jim Hoft and The Gateway Pundit's Lucian Wintrich, a 28-year-old writer and artist, were granted White House press credentials. Wintrich has collaborated with Milo Yiannopoulos, former editor at Breitbart News.[19][13]

As official correspondents, Hoft and Wintrich can now attend all press briefings and address their questions to the White House press secretary. 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".[13] According to Wintrich, The Gateway Pundit's mission in the White House is "to help drain the press swamp" by covering the press corps’ "very leftist and biased reporting",[20] and to alleviate what he sees as bias among reporters in the White House press corps.[19]

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).[21][22] 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.[23]

On March 4, 2017, Hoft spoke at the Spirit of America Rally in Nashville, Tennessee and announced that he was starting an event, "The Real News Correspondents' Dinner", which would serve to compete with the White House Correspondents' Dinner.[24] The event occurred as planned on April 28, 2017.[25]

False stories

The Gateway Pundit has promoted false rumors about voter fraud and Hillary Clinton’s health.[13]

In October 2017, The Gateway Pundit published an article falsely implicating an innocent person as the shooter in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. The article was promoted by Google as a "top story" for searches for his name.[26]

In December 2017, Gateway Pundit published a reddit post as evidence that Democratic activists were committing voter fraud in the 2017 Alabama Senate special election.[27] The redditor behind the post later said that the post was intended "as an obvious troll."[27] When asked by the Washington Post, the writer of the Gateway Pundit post declined to say whether he had contacted the redditor to verify the information; later the Gateway Pundit story contained an update at the bottom: "Liberals say these are fake Reddit posts(?) Regardless, the posts are still up on Reddit and the posters are still encouraging Democrats to cheat."[27] Gateway Pundit published other falsehoods during the campaign for the Alabama Senate seat.[28]

References

  1. ^ Borchers, Callum (20 January 2017). "Blog known for spreading hoaxes says it will have a correspondent in Trump White House". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Las Vegas shooting: Site with White House press credentials falsely brands Trump foe as gunman". Global News. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Right-wing websites ID Las Vegas shooter as Geary Danley, the wrong guy". Philly.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2017-10-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Qiu, Linda (2017-10-02). "False ISIS Connections, Nonexistent Victims and Other Misinformation in the Wake of Las Vegas Shooting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b Phillip, Abby (2017-10-02). "Trump may come face-to-face with Cruz in Puerto Rico after days of attacking the mayor". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07. In other tweets, Trump Jr. retweeted an article from a right-wing site known for trafficking in falsehoods, Gateway Pundit {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Fake news about the Las Vegas shooting spread wildly on Facebook, Google, and Twitter". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Darcy, Oliver. "Google, Facebook help spread bad information after Las Vegas attack". CNNMoney. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Here Are All The Hoaxes Being Spread About The Las Vegas Shooting". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Fake news is still here, despite efforts by Google, Facebook". AP News. Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-10-16. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Gateway Pundit – About Archived 2017-01-26 at the Wayback Machine. Gateway Pundit (2013-07-29). Retrieved on 2017-01-25.
  11. ^ Rutenberg, Jim (22 January 2017). "'Alternative Facts' and the Costs of Trump-Branded Reality". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Jim Hoft, conservative blogger, comes out as gay after Orlando terror attack". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-05-02. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ a b c d Michael M. Grynbaum (13 February 2017), White House Grants Press Credentials to a Pro-Trump Blog, The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 February 2017, retrieved 14 February 2017 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Rosenberg, Eli (2017-10-31). "'This is a nothing burger': How conservative media reacted to the Mueller indictments". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2017-10-31. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Montgomery, Jane Lytvynenko, Blake. "Far-Right Websites Are Spreading A Baseless Conspiracy Theory About Roy Moore Allegations". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2017-11-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ a b "Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps?". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2017-05-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Jim Hoft's Articles". Human Events. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-05-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ a b Andrew Buncombe (14 February 2017), Gateway Pundit: Pro-Donald Trump blog granted White House press credentials, New York: The Independent, archived from the original on 14 February 2017, retrieved 14 February 2017, Gateway Pundit published false reports about Hillary Clinton's health and voter fraud {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "'Real News' Joins the White House Briefing Room". POLITICO Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-02-23. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ Krepel, Terry (2013-03-13). "Accuracy In Media Honors Inaccuracy In Media". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-06-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Catherine Herridge, Jim Hoft to Receive Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Awards at CPAC, Washington: Accuracy in Media, 5 March 2013, archived from the original on 18 February 2017, 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. {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Sponsored Content: Jim Hoft to Receive Breitbart Award at RightOnline Conference - Breitbart". Breitbart. 2015-03-30. Archived from the original on 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2017-05-02. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "GatewayPundit's Jim Hoft to Start Alternative Press Dinner to Honor 'Real News' Journalists". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2017-04-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "An Awkward Right Wing Dance Party". Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-08-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "Analysis | How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ a b c Weigel, David (2017-12-14). "White House urges Roy Moore to concede, as supporters look for evidence of 'voter fraud'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  27. ^ "Facebook did not remove Gateway Pundit post after fact-check". @politifact. Retrieved 2017-12-15.

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