Via the #DailyBeast
#JimHoft, the founder of popular #MAGA conspiracy blog #TheGatewayPundit, announced on Wednesday that the site is filing for #bankruptcy as it faces lawsuits accusing it of peddling defamatory lies about the #2020PresidentialElection.
Jim Hoft: Dumbest Man on the Internet? | Media Matters for America
https://www.mediamatters.org/gateway-pundit/jim-hoft-dumbest-man-internet
#Celebrate #CauseForCelebration #GatewayPundit #JimHoft #MAGA #Disinformation
Rightwing US website that spreads election conspiracies declares bankruptcy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/gateway-pundit-rightwing-website-bankruptcy
Less than a year from the 2024 election, the latest polls show that some two-thirds of Republicans falsely believe that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.
Gateway Pundit’s influence helps explain why, experts in disinformation say.
Though the site employs only a handful of regular writers, it has played an outsize role in popularizing false claims.
“Gateway Pundit is a known source of disinformation that quickly trades up the chain,” said Joan Donovan, an assistant professor at Boston University studying online disinformation and media manipulation.
“Because when they report a piece of information, it gives others license to do so.”
The site’s founder, Jim Hoft, who started blogging as a hobby in 2004, is among “the best at creating a right-wing echo system,” right-wing podcast host and former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon said in an interview.
Hoft did not respond to requests to be interviewed for this report.
#GatewayPundit #JimHoft #SteveBannon #disinfo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/03/gateway-pundit-conservative-news-election-fraud/
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