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THE DAILY CALLER UPGRADE
Trump Unveils Patriotic Upgrade To Air Force One These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.īias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias. Scores above 40 are generally good scores below 24 are generally problematic. Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information. The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart ®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.

To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst. Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for Daily Caller according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology. It was launched in 2010 and dubbed “the conservative answer to the Huffington Post.” Overall Score It was founded by Tucker Carlson, who later went to Fox News, and political pundit Neil Patel. Daily Caller is a news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C. Although Tucker founded the site, he stepped down from direct oversight in November 2016.Ad Fontes Media rates Daily Caller in the Skews Right category of bias and as Mixed Reliability/Opinion OR Other Issues in terms of reliability. The Daily Caller was founded by Fox News veteran Tucker Carlson in 2010. Interestingly enough, the soundtrack to this tango between protesters and SUVs is a cover of hip-hop star Ludacris’ “Move Bitch.” “None of these clips are new, but that doesn’t mean they’re not still fresh,” Raust noted in his post. As “liberal protesters” take to the streets, others decide to push them around - with their cars.Īlso Read: Giant Trump Chicken Cracks Up Twitter The video, titled “Here’s a Reel of Cars Ploughing Through Protesters Trying to Block the Road,” shows…well, exactly what the title suggests. The video was also removed on Tuesday from Fox News’ website, which had picked up the Daily Caller’s content in January.Īlso Read: Charlottesville Protesters Douse Journalists With Urine, Katie Couric ReportsĪ representative from the Daily Caller declined TheWrap’s request for comment a rep for Tucker Carlson has not responded to a request for comment. The post that included the video, written by the site’s video editor Mike Raust, was disabled late Tuesday afternoon - though the video was still available. The video - which resurfaced following the deadly vehicular attack on counter-protesters at the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday that killed one person and injured 19 others - was still active on the site on Tuesday afternoon.

The Daily Caller, the conservative website founded by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, posted a video in January of cars “ploughing through protesters” with the instruction: “Study the technique it may prove useful in the next four years.”
