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American conservative website
LifeZette
is a
conservative
American website founded in 2015 by conservative political commentator
Laura Ingraham
and businessman Peter Anthony.
[2]
In January 2018, Ingraham confirmed that she had sold the majority stake in LifeZette to The
Katz Group
, owned by Canadian billionaire
Daryl Katz
.
[3]
LifeZette is based in
Washington, D.C.
[4]
As of 2015, Maureen Mackey was its managing editor and Peter Anthony was its
chief executive officer
.
[5]
As was the case with several online-only opinion and commentary outlets, the site received criticism for promoting the
Vincent Foster
and
Seth Rich
conspiracy theories in the run-up to the
2016 United States presidential election
.
[6]
[7]
History
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Peter Anthony registered LifeZette.com in October 2014. He developed the site with Ingraham and they launched LifeZette in July 2015.
[8]
The site first hired outgoing
Daily Caller
reporter
Neil Munro
to be its political editor, but Munro withdrew before the site's launch.
Quin Hillyer
was enlisted to be its political editor, before he was replaced by Keith Koffler in August 2015. Koffler left the site in May 2016 to work at the
Washington Examiner
.
[9]
LifeZette was the first organization called on by
Sean Spicer
during the initial White House press conference in January 2017.
[2]
Later, Ingraham was announced as the host of
Fox News
weeknight program
The Ingraham Angle
.
[10]
In January 2019, LifeZette laid off six staffers.
[11]
Promotion of conspiracy theories
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Two weeks before the 2016 presidential election, the website posted a video about
voting machines
possibly being compromised because of links to a company tied to liberal billionaire
George Soros
.
[12]
LifeZette also published a video titled "Clinton Body Count", which promoted conspiracy theories regarding
Bill and Hillary Clinton
.
[13]
LifeZette removed the video and later released a statement saying that "[t]he video was made in jest, and merely noted that the theories existed," comparing them to
viral videos
made by "left-leaning digital outlets like
BuzzFeed
."
[14]
References
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"Contact Us"
. LifeZette.
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"WITH ONE WORD, SPICER FLIPS THE WHITE HOUSE MEDIA ORDER"
. Vanity Fair. 25 January 2017.
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Gold, Hadas (2018-01-30).
"Canadian billionaire's company buys Laura Ingraham's site LifeZette"
.
CNNMoney
. Retrieved
2018-12-13
.
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"Ingraham Media Group, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek"
.
www.bloomberg.com
. Retrieved
2016-05-14
.
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"Laura Ingraham To Launch LifeZette | Cision"
.
Cision
. 2015-04-06
. Retrieved
2016-05-14
.
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"Laura Ingraham's 'LifeZette' website promotes conspiracy theory Clintons have been involved in murders"
.
Business Insider
. 25 October 2016
. Retrieved
26 January
2017
.
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"Pro-Trump site that published fake news gets 1st question at White House briefing"
.
Chicago Tribune
. 24 January 2017
. Retrieved
26 January
2017
.
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"Laura Ingraham's new site: LifeZette.com"
.
POLITICO
. Retrieved
2016-05-14
.
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"Laura Ingraham's Site LifeZette Loses Another Editor"
.
www.mediaite.com
. Retrieved
2016-05-14
.
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Victor, Daniel (18 September 2017).
"Laura Ingraham Will Host 10 O'Clock Show as Part of Fox News Shuffle"
.
The New York Times
.
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Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake; Lippman, Daniel; Okun, Eli; Ross, Garrett.
"Playbook PM"
.
POLITICO
. Retrieved
2019-01-11
.
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"Pro-Trump site that published fake news gets 1st question at White House briefing"
.
Chicago Tribune
. 24 January 2017
. Retrieved
26 January
2017
.
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Darcy, Oliver (October 25, 2016).
"Laura Ingraham's 'LifeZette' website promotes conspiracy theory Clintons have been involved in murders"
.
Business Insider
.
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"Snubbed by Spicer, AP Throws Temper Tantrum"
. LifeZette. 25 January 2017.