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The Federalist
URLwww.thefederalist.com
LaunchedSeptember 2013; 10 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] However, 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 invented a newspaper headline and a "quotation" from an anonymous politician, as well as used a misquotation of President George W. Bush, all repeatedly, in various speeches. He also discovered that Tyson had retold an anecdote about getting excused from jury duty by a judge after pointing out that thousands of milligrams of cocaine could be more simply expressed as grams, and that the amounts were smaller than using "thousands" might make it seem, using four different quantities of the drug.[7] The Tampa Tribune picked up the story the same day as Davis' article on the Bush "quote" and called Tyson a "serial fabulist."[8] The Daily Beast wrote a few days later on "The Right’s War on Neil deGrasse Tyson":

The conservative blogosphere’s latest allegations aren’t deeply damning, and certainly don’t discredit a lifetime’s worth of work in science and education. But Tyson hasn’t been eager to discuss the topic or correct his mistakes.[9]

Tyson addressed the issue on his Facebook page, explaining that he had mistaken the quote with that from a separate Bush speech.[10]

The focus soon shifted to include Wikipedia, where editors disagreed on whether or not, or how, the problems with Tyson's speeches and anecdotes should be included in his biography and whether the article on The Federalist website, this article, should remain on Wikipedia.[11][12][13][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "thefederalist.com". Alexa. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  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. ^ Davis, Sean (2014-09-16). "Another Day, Another Quote Fabricated By Neil deGrasse Tyson". thefederalist.com. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  8. ^ Jackson, Tom (2014-09-16). "Neil deGrasse Tyson, serial fabulist". Tampa Tribune. 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. ^ deGrasse Tyson, Neil (2014-09-29). "Partial Anatomy of My Public Talks". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Cavanaugh, Tim (2014-09-22). "Neil deGrasse Tyson's Text-Burning Followers". National Review Online. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  13. ^ Adler, Jonathan (2014-09-24). "What makes an accusation Wiki-worthy?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-10-01.


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