The Western Journal

U.S. right

Background

The site traces back to Western Journalism, founded in 2008 by conservative activist Floyd Brown, and was folded into Liftable Media (led by Patrick Brown) after a 2014-2015 acquisition, alongside sister sites like Conservative Tribune. It relies heavily on social-media distribution and opinion-driven aggregation of news rather than original reporting, with a business model built on Facebook and other platform traffic. Media fact-checking and bias-monitoring groups, including Media Bias/Fact Check, have rated it a 'questionable source' with a strong right-wing bias and a history of failed fact checks, including promotion of false 2020 election-fraud claims and misleading COVID-19 and vaccine claims. It has also faced criticism for clickbait-style headlines and republishing content from other partisan outlets. Despite these credibility concerns, it maintains a large audience among conservative readers seeking alternatives to mainstream outlets. Its editorial voice is openly pro-Trump and skeptical of mainstream and left-leaning media, framing itself as a corrective to what it calls biased coverage elsewhere.

Sources

1. The Western Journal - Wikipedia
2. Western Journal - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
3. The Western Journal Media Bias Rating - AllSides
4. About The Western Journal

Profile compiled 2026-09-25; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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