The Federalist (website)

The Federalist
Type of site
 Online magazine
Available in English
Created by Ben Domenech
Sean Davis
Editor David Harsanyi
Mollie Hemingway
Slogan(s) Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray.
Website www.thefederalist.com
Alexa rank Decrease 10,067 (October 2016)[1]
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional, but is required to comment
Launched September 1, 2013 (2013-09-01)
Current status Active

The Federalist is an English-language online magazine that covers politics, policy, culture, and religion.[2]

History

The Federalist was co-founded by Ben Domenech and Sean Davis; senior editors include David Harsanyi and Mollie Hemingway.[3] According to Domenech, the site has "a viewpoint that rejects the assumptions of the media establishment" and says it is dedicated to discussing "the philosophical underpinnings of the day's debate" instead of focusing on what he calls "the horserace or the personalities".[2]

The Federalist has been described as influential in conservative and libertarian circles, and has been featured in mainstream media such as CNN and MSNBC.[4][5][6][7]

In late 2014, The Federalist attracted media coverage when it published articles saying that Neil deGrasse Tyson misquoted George W. Bush in some of his public appearances.[8][9][10][11] Hemingway characterized the internet reaction to the articles as "deeply negative" and "dismissive" of its conclusions.[11] The Los Angeles Times blamed the website's criticism of Tyson on political ignorance.[11][12] Amanda Marcotte argued it was the result of "the right's anti-intellectual paranoia."[13]

Reception

Writer and former Obama administration spokesman Reid Cherlin describes The Federalist as "seek[ing] to go deep on the issues and sway the conversation in Washington."[4] Matt K. Lewis of The Week wrote that conservative online media was divided between "staid, august publications" and "a new generation of irreverent sites", and that "Sites like The Federalist try to bridge the gap by providing serious commentary that is typically written by young, pop culture–savvy writers."[14]

David Weigel from Bloomberg Politics said that Rand Paul and Mike Lee "gave the site news-making looks at their agendas for foreign policy and Congress, respectively."[7]

The politically progressive organization Media Matters for America criticized the website as "an outlet for often-rabid anti-LGBT talking points."[15]

References

  1. ↑ "thefederalist.com Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
  2. 1 2 Domenech, Ben (September 18, 2013). "Introducing The Federalist". thefederalist.com. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Contributors – The Federalist". thefederalist.com. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "The HuffPo-ization of the Right". Politico.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ Bedard, Paul (September 26, 2014). "Wikipedia wants to ban acclaimed conservative site the Federalist". Washington Examiner. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ Howley, Patrick (September 26, 2014). "Conservative Website 'The Federalist; Targeted For Wikipedia Deletion After Criticizing Neil deGrasse Tyson". Daily Caller. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Weigel, David. "The Torch Is Being Passed to A New Generation of Right-Wing Media". Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Neil Tyson: Just Trust Me, OK?". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Politico's dopey climate denial: Global warming might be fake because Neil deGrasse Tyson did something dumb". Salon. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Cult of Neil deGrasse Tyson". Politico. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 "The Right's War on Neil deGrasse Tyson". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ Fleischer, Matthew. "Why are conservatives afraid of Neil deGrasse Tyson?". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  13. ↑ Marcotte, Amanda. "Why they really hate Neil deGrasse Tyson: Inside the right's anti-intellectual paranoia". Salon. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  14. ↑ "The state of conservative media". May 19, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Introducing The Federalist, A New Web Magazine For Anti-LGBT Conservatives". Media Matters for America. 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2016-11-03.


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