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According to Domenech, the site has "a viewpoint that rejects the assumptions of the media establishment".<ref name=Domenech130918/> Other sources have described the federalist as [[Conservatism|conservative]].<ref name=Bedard140926>{{cite web |last=Bedard |first=Paul |date=2014-09-26 |title=Wikipedia wants to ban acclaimed conservative site the Federalist |url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/wikipedia-wants-to-ban-acclaimed-conservative-site-the-federalist/article/2554032 |publisher=Washington Examiner |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref name=Howley140926>{{cite web |last=Howley |first1=Patrick |date=2014-09-26 |title=Conservative Website ‘The Federalist’ Targeted For Wikipedia Deletion After Criticizing Neil deGrasse Tyson |url=http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/26/the-federalist-targeted-for-wikipedia-deletion-after-criticizing-neil-degrasse-tyson/ |publisher=Daily Caller |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref>
According to Domenech, the site has "a viewpoint that rejects the assumptions of the media establishment".<ref name=Domenech130918/> Other sources have described the federalist as [[Conservatism|conservative]].<ref name=Bedard140926>{{cite web |last=Bedard |first=Paul |date=2014-09-26 |title=Wikipedia wants to ban acclaimed conservative site the Federalist |url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/wikipedia-wants-to-ban-acclaimed-conservative-site-the-federalist/article/2554032 |publisher=Washington Examiner |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref name=Howley140926>{{cite web |last=Howley |first1=Patrick |date=2014-09-26 |title=Conservative Website ‘The Federalist’ Targeted For Wikipedia Deletion After Criticizing Neil deGrasse Tyson |url=http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/26/the-federalist-targeted-for-wikipedia-deletion-after-criticizing-neil-degrasse-tyson/ |publisher=Daily Caller |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref>


==Neil deGrasse Tyson articles and Wikipedia controversy==
==Neil deGrasse Tyson articles and "Wikipedia controversy"==
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In September, 2014, ''The Federalist's'' Davis wrote several articles alleging that physicist [[Neil DeGrasse Tyson]] had misrepresented as actual quotes, in multiple repeated presentations, a fake newspaper headline, a fake quote from a member of Congress, and an alleged claim by President George W. Bush that it was his God, not Islam's, that had named the stars.<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/10/super-scientist-neil-degrasse-tyson-doesnt-understand-statistics/</ref><ref name=Davis140916>{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Sean |date=2014-09-16 |url=http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/16/another-day-another-quote-fabricated-by-neil-degrasse-tyson/ |title=Another Day, Another Quote Fabricated By Neil deGrasse Tyson |website=thefederalist.com |publisher= |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', ''[[Tampa Tribune]]'', and other news outlets also covered the story in editorials.<ref name=Mak140919>{{cite news |last=Mak |first=Time |date=2014-09-19 |title=The Right’s War on Neil deGrasse Tyson |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/19/the-right-s-war-on-neil-degrasse-tyson.html |publisher=The Daily Beast |location= |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref name=Jackson140916>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Tom |date=2014-09-16 |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson, serial fabulist |url=http://tbo.com/news/blogs/the-right-stuff/neil-degrasse-tyson-serial-fabulist-20140916/ |publisher=Tampa Tribune |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> Tyson acknowledged that he had conflated one Bush quote with another, half-remembered, to make the point that it was Arabs, not [[Yahweh]], who had named the stars.<ref name=Tyson140929>{{cite web |last=deGrasse Tyson |first=Neil |authorlink1=Neil deGrasse Tyson |date=2014-09-29 |title=Partial Anatomy of My Public Talks |url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/partial-anatomy-of-my-public-talks/10152360009440869 |website=[[Facebook]] |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> ''The Federalist'', news sources and commentators also took note of debates on Wikipedia as to whether this issue should be included on Tyson's article and whether the article about ''The Federalist'' website should be deleted.<ref name=Corneliussen140920>{{cite web |last=Corneliussen |first=Steven T. |date=2014-09-20 |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson accused of 'the science of smug condescension |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.8070 |website=scitation.aip.org |publisher=AIP Publishing |accessdate=2014-09-27}}</ref><ref name=Cavanaugh140922>{{cite web |last=Cavanaugh |first=Tim |date=2014-09-22 |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Text-Burning Followers |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/388479/neil-degrasse-tysons-text-burning-followers-tim-cavanaugh |publisher=[[National Review|National Review Online]]|accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref name=Adler140924>{{cite web |last=Adler |first=Jonathan |date=2014-09-24 |title=What makes an accusation Wiki-worthy?|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/09/24/what-makes-an-accusation-wiki-worthy/ |publisher=Washington Post |accessdate=2014-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=Bedard140926>{{cite web |last=Bedard |first=Paul |date=2014-09-26 |title=Wikipedia wants to ban acclaimed conservative site the Federalist |url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/wikipedia-wants-to-ban-acclaimed-conservative-site-the-federalist/article/2554032 |publisher=Washington Examiner |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref name=Howley140926>{{cite web |last=Howley |first1=Patrick |date=2014-09-26 |title=Conservative Website ‘The Federalist’ Targeted For Wikipedia Deletion After Criticizing Neil deGrasse Tyson |url=http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/26/the-federalist-targeted-for-wikipedia-deletion-after-criticizing-neil-degrasse-tyson/ |publisher=Daily Caller |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref>
In September, 2014, ''The Federalist's'' Davis wrote several articles alleging that physicist [[Neil DeGrasse Tyson]] had misrepresented as actual quotes, in multiple repeated presentations, a fake newspaper headline, a fake quote from a member of Congress, and an alleged claim by President George W. Bush that it was his God, not Islam's, that had named the stars.<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/10/super-scientist-neil-degrasse-tyson-doesnt-understand-statistics/</ref><ref name=Davis140916>{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Sean |date=2014-09-16 |url=http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/16/another-day-another-quote-fabricated-by-neil-degrasse-tyson/ |title=Another Day, Another Quote Fabricated By Neil deGrasse Tyson |website=thefederalist.com |publisher= |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', ''[[Tampa Tribune]]'', and other news outlets also covered the story in editorials.<ref name=Mak140919>{{cite news |last=Mak |first=Time |date=2014-09-19 |title=The Right’s War on Neil deGrasse Tyson |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/19/the-right-s-war-on-neil-degrasse-tyson.html |publisher=The Daily Beast |location= |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref name=Jackson140916>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Tom |date=2014-09-16 |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson, serial fabulist |url=http://tbo.com/news/blogs/the-right-stuff/neil-degrasse-tyson-serial-fabulist-20140916/ |publisher=Tampa Tribune |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> Tyson acknowledged that he had conflated one Bush quote with another, half-remembered, to make the point that it was Arabs, not [[Yahweh]], who had named the stars.<ref name=Tyson140929>{{cite web |last=deGrasse Tyson |first=Neil |authorlink1=Neil deGrasse Tyson |date=2014-09-29 |title=Partial Anatomy of My Public Talks |url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/partial-anatomy-of-my-public-talks/10152360009440869 |website=[[Facebook]] |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref> ''The Federalist'', news sources and commentators also took note of debates on Wikipedia as to whether this issue should be included on Tyson's article and whether the article about ''The Federalist'' website should be deleted.<ref name=Corneliussen140920>{{cite web |last=Corneliussen |first=Steven T. |date=2014-09-20 |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson accused of 'the science of smug condescension |url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.8070 |website=scitation.aip.org |publisher=AIP Publishing |accessdate=2014-09-27}}</ref><ref name=Cavanaugh140922>{{cite web |last=Cavanaugh |first=Tim |date=2014-09-22 |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Text-Burning Followers |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/388479/neil-degrasse-tysons-text-burning-followers-tim-cavanaugh |publisher=[[National Review|National Review Online]]|accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref name=Adler140924>{{cite web |last=Adler |first=Jonathan |date=2014-09-24 |title=What makes an accusation Wiki-worthy?|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/09/24/what-makes-an-accusation-wiki-worthy/ |publisher=Washington Post |accessdate=2014-10-01 }}</ref><ref name=Bedard140926>{{cite web |last=Bedard |first=Paul |date=2014-09-26 |title=Wikipedia wants to ban acclaimed conservative site the Federalist |url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/wikipedia-wants-to-ban-acclaimed-conservative-site-the-federalist/article/2554032 |publisher=Washington Examiner |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref name=Howley140926>{{cite web |last=Howley |first1=Patrick |date=2014-09-26 |title=Conservative Website ‘The Federalist’ Targeted For Wikipedia Deletion After Criticizing Neil deGrasse Tyson |url=http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/26/the-federalist-targeted-for-wikipedia-deletion-after-criticizing-neil-degrasse-tyson/ |publisher=Daily Caller |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref>

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The Federalist
URLwww.thefederalist.com
LaunchedSeptember 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09)
Current statusActive

The Federalist is a web magazine, launched in September 2013, that covers politics, policy, and culture.[2][3] It was co-founded by Ben Domenech and Sean Davis, and senior editors include David Harsanyi and Mollie Hemingway.[4]

According to Domenech, the site has "a viewpoint that rejects the assumptions of the media establishment".[2] Other sources have described the federalist as conservative.[5][6]

Neil deGrasse Tyson articles and "Wikipedia controversy"

In September, 2014, The Federalist's Davis wrote several articles alleging that physicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson had misrepresented as actual quotes, in multiple repeated presentations, a fake newspaper headline, a fake quote from a member of Congress, and an alleged claim by President George W. Bush that it was his God, not Islam's, that had named the stars.[7][8] The Daily Beast, Tampa Tribune, and other news outlets also covered the story in editorials.[9][10] Tyson acknowledged that he had conflated one Bush quote with another, half-remembered, to make the point that it was Arabs, not Yahweh, who had named the stars.[11] The Federalist, news sources and commentators also took note of debates on Wikipedia as to whether this issue should be included on Tyson's article and whether the article about The Federalist website should be deleted.[12][13][14][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "thefederalist.com". Alexa. Retrieved 02 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ a b Domenech, Ben (2013-09-18). "Introducing The Federalist". thefederalist.com. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  3. ^ Brinker, Luke (2014-04-02). "Introducing The Federalist, A New Web Magazine For Anti-LGBT Conservatives". mediamatters.org (Blog). Media Matters for America. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  4. ^ "Contributors - The Federalist". thefederalist.com. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  5. ^ a b Bedard, Paul (2014-09-26). "Wikipedia wants to ban acclaimed conservative site the Federalist". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  6. ^ a b Howley, Patrick (2014-09-26). "Conservative Website 'The Federalist' Targeted For Wikipedia Deletion After Criticizing Neil deGrasse Tyson". Daily Caller. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  7. ^ http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/10/super-scientist-neil-degrasse-tyson-doesnt-understand-statistics/
  8. ^ Davis, Sean (2014-09-16). "Another Day, Another Quote Fabricated By Neil deGrasse Tyson". thefederalist.com. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  9. ^ Mak, Time (2014-09-19). "The Right's War on Neil deGrasse Tyson". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  10. ^ Jackson, Tom (2014-09-16). "Neil deGrasse Tyson, serial fabulist". Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  11. ^ deGrasse Tyson, Neil (2014-09-29). "Partial Anatomy of My Public Talks". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  12. ^ Corneliussen, Steven T. (2014-09-20). "Neil deGrasse Tyson accused of 'the science of smug condescension". scitation.aip.org. AIP Publishing. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  13. ^ Cavanaugh, Tim (2014-09-22). "Neil deGrasse Tyson's Text-Burning Followers". National Review Online. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  14. ^ Adler, Jonathan (2014-09-24). "What makes an accusation Wiki-worthy?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-10-01.