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Originally Posted by CPT Savajo
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There are several well-documented reasons why media analysts and fact-checkers consider The Gateway Pundit (TGP) an unreliable news source. Here's a breakdown with references:
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**1. Rated "Very Low" for Factual Reporting**
Media Bias/Fact Check moved The Gateway Pundit to a "Very Low" factual reporting rating in June 2021, based on failed facts on a near-daily basis. Overall, they rate it "Questionable" due to extreme right-wing bias, promotion of conspiracies, and numerous instances of publishing false or fake news.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-gateway-pundit/
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**2. Rated as Unreliable by Ad Fontes Media**
Ad Fontes Media, which produces the well-known Media Bias Chart, rates The Gateway Pundit as hyper-partisan right in bias and unreliable in terms of content — placing it in the range associated with propaganda and inaccurate or fabricated information.
https://adfontesmedia.com/gateway-pu...d-reliability/
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**3. History of Publishing False Stories**
Wikipedia documents numerous specific falsehoods, including a 2021 article falsely claiming the CDC "illegally inflated the COVID fatality number by at least 1,600 percent" — the opposite of what evidence showed — and the promotion of the debunked claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
Other false stories include misidentifying an innocent person in the Las Vegas mass shooting and wrongly identifying a person after the Charlottesville vehicle attack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit
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**4. Multiple Defamation Lawsuits**
Journalism professors have noted that TGP is among the "most aggressive fake news sites" routinely sued for libel and defamation. In December 2021, two Georgia election workers sued The Gateway Pundit for a "campaign of lies" that forced them to change their phone numbers, delete their online accounts, and fear for their safety. TGP's parent company eventually filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024 partly due to these defamation lawsuits.
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**5. Deprecated by Wikipedia**
In November 2019, the Wikipedia community formally deprecated The Gateway Pundit as an untrustworthy source, citing its habit of publishing hoax articles and reporting conspiracy theories as fact.
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**6. Fact-Checked Repeatedly by Major Organizations**
PolitiFact and FactCheck.org both maintain archives of TGP claims they've investigated and found to be false or misleading:
https://www.politifact.com/personali...ateway-pundit/
https://www.factcheck.org/person/gateway-pundit/
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**Bottom line:** The site may reflect a particular political perspective that some readers find appealing, but across multiple independent fact-checking and media analysis organizations, it consistently scores poorly on accuracy, sourcing, and journalistic standards. It's best treated as opinion/commentary rather than reliable news reporting.