Palmer Report

Palmer Report is an American left-wing political blog, based in Los Angeles, California.[3] It is written by Bill Palmer, who describes himself[4] on his website as a political journalist who covered the 2016 election cycle from start to finish, along with more than fifty additional writers.[5] Palmer previously ran a site called Daily News Bin,[6] described by Snopes editor Brooke Binkowski as "basically a pro-Hillary Clinton 'news site.'"[7] The site has been criticized for building a large following based on "wildly speculative theories about Donald Trump."[8]

This article is about the American political blog. For the UN Report on Israel's naval blockade of Gaza, see Geoffrey Palmer (politician) § UN Inquiry.

Palmer Report
Type of site
Political blog
Available inEnglish
OwnerBill Palmer
URLpalmerreport.com
Alexa rank 3,154 (US December 2018)
Launched 2013 (2013-MM)[1][2]
Current statusOnline

Founder

Palmer is described by Business Insider's Pamela Engel as "a mysterious figure who is behind several shuttered publications and has made enemies online as he threatens and intimidates those who question his reporting."[9]

Criticism

The Atlantic's McKay Coppins called the Palmer Report "the publication of record for anti-Trump conspiracy nuts who don’t care about the credibility of the record."[10] The New Republic's Colin Dickey claims that Palmer "routinely blasts out stories that sound serious but are actually based on a single, unverified source." On another episode of purportedly overzealous editorialization, he reported Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts had ordered Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch to recuse himself from all Trump-related Russia hearings, with his only sourcing coming from a "single tweet from an anonymous Twitter account under the name 'Puesto Loco.'"[8] Zack Beauchamp of Vox Media says, "mirror image of Breitbart and InfoWars on the right".[11]

"As confusion swirled in Washington Wednesday following Trump’s firing of Comey, Democratic Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey went on CNN to make an explosive claim: A grand jury had been empaneled in New York to investigate Trump’s ties to Russia. (Another grand jury investigation, in Virginia, has been reported by CNN.) Among the outlets that eagerly picked up the news were the Palmer Report and the Twitter feed of Louise Mensch, who has accused hundreds of people of being Russian agents, often with no evidence. And what were Markey’s sources for this alarming claim? According to a Guardian reporter and the Daily Caller, none other than the Palmer Report and Mensch themselves. Hours after making the claim, Markey was forced to apologize for spreading unsubstantiated information, and, through a spokesman, to reveal that he had no direct knowledge of any New York investigation. Markey's office did not respond to a request for comment. And despite Markey’s apology, as of Thursday afternoon, the Palmer Report headline read: “U.S. Senator confirms grand jury is now underway in Donald Trump case in New York State.""[12]

References
  1. "About - Palmer Report". web.archive.org. 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  2. "Palmerreport : Palmer Report". palmerreport.com.cutestat.com. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. "About Palmer Report". palmerreport.com. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. "Hi I'm Bill Palmer. Welcome to Palmer Report. - Palmer Report". web.archive.org. 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  5. "About Palmer Report". palmerreport.com. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. Benkler, Yochai; Faris, Robert; Roberts, Hal (2018-09-17). "Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2020-05-15 – via Google Books.
  7. Meyer, Robinson (2017-02-03). "The Rise of Progressive 'Fake News'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  8. Dickey, Colin (2017-06-08). "The New Paranoia". New Republic. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  9. Engel, Pamela (2017-05-16). "'People want it to be true': Inside the growing influence of a mysterious anti-Trump website". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  10. Coppins, McKay (2017-07-02). "How the Left Lost Its Mind". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  11. Beauchamp, Zack (2017-05-19). "Democrats are falling for fake news about Russia". Vox. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  12. "Why Is A Top Harvard Law Professor Sharing Anti-Trump Conspiracy Theories?". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
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