The Daily Wire

The Daily Wire
Type of site
News, opinion, and media
HeadquartersNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
OwnerBentkey Ventures, LLC
Created by
Key people
  • Ben Shapiro (editor emeritus)
    Jeremy Boreing (co-CEO)
    Caleb Robinson (co-CEO)
    John Bickley (editor-in-chief)
Employees115 (full-time)[1]
SubsidiariesBentkey
URLdailywire.com
LaunchedSeptember 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)
Current statusActive

The Daily Wire is an American conservative news website and media company founded in 2015 by political commentator Ben Shapiro and film director Jeremy Boreing.[2][3] The company is a major publisher on Facebook,[4][5][6] and produces podcasts such as The Ben Shapiro Show.[3] The Daily Wire has also produced various films and video series. Its DailyWire+ video on demand platform launched in 2022, and its children's video platform Bentkey in 2023. The Daily Wire is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Many Daily Wire stories repackage journalism from traditional news organizations while adding a conservative slant.[4][7] Fact checkers have said that some stories shared by The Daily Wire are unverified, and that The Daily Wire sometimes misstates facts to advance a partisan view.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ Fischer, Sara (January 19, 2021). "The Daily Wire is profitable, and eyeing entertainment". Axios. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Blake, Andrew (July 7, 2020). "Ben Shapiro stepping down as editor-in-chief of the Daily Wire". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "About". The Daily Wire. Archived from the original on July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Parks, Miles (July 19, 2021). "Outrage As A Business Model: How Ben Shapiro Is Using Facebook To Build An Empire". NPR. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Partisan Publishers and Political Content" (PDF). NewsWhip. September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  6. ^ McCool, Alice; Narayanan, Manasa (May 19, 2022). "The Daily Wire Spent Thousands of Dollars Promoting Anti-Amber Heard Propaganda". Vice News. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  7. ^ Gregory, John (December 2020). "dailywire.com" (PDF). NewsGuard. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021. The Daily Wire's news stories regularly rely on accounts by other news organizations, which range from major news outlets such as ABC News and The Washington Post, to websites that NewsGuard has found to have published false and misleading content, such as conservative website PJ Media and the anti- abortion site LifeNews.com.
  8. ^ Gregory, John (March 2022). "dailywire.com" (PDF). NewsGuard. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. The website has also made inaccurate or unsubstantiated claims about climate change.
  9. ^ Gregory, John (2020). "dailywire.com" (PDF). NewsGuard. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021. An October 2019 article headlined "KNOWLES: AOC Travels To Europe To Cry," made false claims about climate change.
  10. ^ Palma, Bethania (January 16, 2018). "FACT CHECK: Is Mohammed the Most Popular Name for Newborn Boys in the Netherlands?". Snopes. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2018.