Last updated on January 5th, 2021 at 02:36 pm
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.
- Overall, we rate The Last Refuge (Conservative Treehouse) far-right biased and questionable based on the use of poor sources, promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, a complete lack of transparency, and numerous failed fact checks.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Extreme Right, Poor Sourcing, Propaganda, Conspiracy, Lack of Transparency, Fake News
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 45/180
History
The Last Refuge is a conservative news and opinion blog that encourages comments on their posts. According to their about page: “Fear is at the core of liberalism, and love/trust is at the core of conservatism. Liberalism is about control. Conservatism is about self-empowerment.” This biased statement is reflected in the content of the website.
The website completely lacks transparency as it does not cite authors, disclose authors, ownership, or location.
Funded by / Ownership
The Last Refuge does not indicate who owns the website and it appears to be funded through online advertising and donations.
Analysis / Bias
In review, The Last Refuge (Conservative Treehouse) reports news with a strong conservative bias with all stories favoring the right and denigrating the left. There is considerable use of loaded language in headlines such as this: Sketchy Business: Grassley Releases Original Ford Letter to Feinstein… Although this particular article is written well and utilizes sourcing, it ends in big bold letters LIES!, conveying strong support for Judge Kavanaugh without evidence. On the website, they also list a blogroll of favorite/similar media sources that come straight from our right bias and questionable sources list. Here are a few examples: Gateway Pundit (questionable), Geller Report (questionable), Jihad Watch (questionable), and Truth Revolt (questionable). In general, the Conservative TreeHouse promotes strongly right biased propaganda and is often not factual.
Failed Fact Checks
- “San Juan Teamsters didn’t show up for work to distribute relief supplies” because they went on strike. – PANTS ON FIRE
- Philando Castile was wanted for armed robbery when he was killed by police officers. – MOSTLY FALSE
- Image shows a photograph of Umpqua shooter Chris Harper-Mercer altered by CNN to make him appear white. – FALSE
- A photograph depicts the arrival of 10,000 Syrian refugees in New Orleans in November 2015. – FALSE
- Freddie Gray was injured in a car accident and underwent spinal surgery prior to his arrest and death. – FALSE
- Are Muslim nurses excused from washing their hands before medical procedures in Britain? – FALSE
- Trump pushes conspiracy theory about Buffalo protester – No Evidence
- Asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 never occurs – Inaccurate
Overall, we rate The Last Refuge (Conservative Treehouse) far-right biased and questionable based on the use of poor sources, promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, a complete lack of transparency, and numerous failed fact checks. (D. Van Zandt 8/1/2017) Updated (1/5/2021)
Source: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/