The Daily Caller
The Daily Caller is an American news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2010 by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel. The site has a distinctly conservative outlook. Alongside the website is the Daily Caller News Foundation, a nonprofit that produces its own reporting. An older conservative publication is National Review, founded in 1955.
What you can find
The site reports daily on American politics and culture. Its coverage of gender includes news reports and in-depth stories about gender clinics, schools, sports, and legislation in individual states.
Why it is on this list
The Daily Caller is one of the American media outlets that follows this subject closely. Its reliability is disputed: fact-checkers and media watchdogs have repeatedly criticized the site for misleading or inaccurate reporting. Its stories are best checked against the original source. Background on U.S. policy can be found under international developments.
Founding and ownership
The Daily Caller went online on January 11, 2010. The $3 million in startup capital came from businessman Foster Friess. Tucker Carlson left in 2020. Neil Patel bought his stake and became the majority owner. That same year, Omeed Malik joined as a partner. Friess was still a co-owner when he died in 2021. Patel is the publisher, and Amber Duke is editor-in-chief. Several former employees later went on to careers at other media outlets, including Kaitlan Collins, who became a White House correspondent for CNN.
The foundation and business model
The Daily Caller News Foundation is a nonprofit organization operating alongside the commercial company. The foundation supplies a large share of the articles that the company then monetizes through advertising. Critics see this as a structure that enables the company to increase its revenue and reduce its tax burden.
Controversies
In 2012, shortly before the election, the site published unsubstantiated allegations against Senator Bob Menendez that were later disproven. In 2018, the site severed ties with deputy editor-in-chief Scott Greer after it emerged that he had written articles under a pseudonym promoting white-supremacist views. In 2019, the site published a photo that was wrongly attributed to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and apologized for it. In a 2018 poll by Simmons Research, The Daily Caller ranked as the least trusted of 38 news organizations surveyed.
How to use and assess this source
Use a report from The Daily Caller as an indication that something is happening, and then look up the bill, ruling, or study to which it refers. The same applies to related sites such as The Daily Signal and The Post Millennial. An overview of legislation and case law can be found under legal.