The Federalist
The Federalist's Self-Proclaimed Bias
In September 2013, co-founder Ben Domenech, a conservative writer and TV commentator, wrote that The Federalist was inspired by the worldview of the original TIME magazine, which he described as "[leaning] to the political right, with a small-c conservatism equipped with a populist respect for the middle class reader outside of New York and Washington, and an abiding love for America at a time when snark and cynicism were not considered substitutes for smart analysis."
Domenech wrote that The Federalist would be informed by TIME's 1920s “list of prejudices” for the magazine, which included principles such as:
- A belief that the world is round and an admiration of the statesman’s view of all the world.
- A general distrust of the present tendency toward increasing interference by government.
- A prejudice against the rising cost of government.
- Faith in the things which money cannot buy.
- A respect for the old, particularly in manners.
- An interest in the new, particularly in ideas.
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A number of prominent YouTubers, including Dave Rubin and Philip DeFranco, criticized The New York Times’ inclusion of their images on the front page of its Saturday edition next to the headline, “The Making of a YouTube Radical.” The image and headline combination, they said, is biased and leads readers to believe they radicalize people.
“Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube,” The New York Times article begins online. (The print and online versions differ slightly.) An accompanying collage features images of mostly conservative political commentators, some far-right and others not, including YouTuber Steven Crowder, Infowars’ Paul Joseph Watson and Alex Jones, and classical liberals Dave Rubin and Philip DeFranco. Professor Jordan Peterson and Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman also make an appearance.