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{{Short description|Fake news website, 2016 to 2018}}{{italic title}}(File:Denver Guardian logo.png|thumb|Logo for the Denver Guardian)The Denver Guardian was a fake news website,BOOK, Baumgartner, Jody C.,weblink Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions, Francia, Peter L., 2019-11-15, Rowman & Littlefield, 978-1-5381-2917-3, 97, en, Jody C. Baumgartner, Peter L. Francia, JOURNAL, Osmundsen, Mathias, Bor, Alexander, Vahlstrup, Peter Bjerregaard, Bechmann, Anja, Petersen, Michael Bang, May 7, 2021, Partisan Polarization Is the Primary Psychological Motivation behind Political Fake News Sharing on Twitter,weblink American Political Science Review, en, Cambridge University Press, 115, 3, 999–1015, 10.1017/S0003055421000290, 235527523, 0003-0554, known for a popular untrue story about Hillary Clinton posted on the site on November 5, 2016,WEB,weblink FBI AGENT SUSPECTED IN HILLARY EMAIL LEAKS FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE, Denver Guardian, 2016-11-05, bot: unknown,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161115023815weblink">weblink 2016-11-15,

• While "The Guardian" claimed to be Denver's "oldest" news source, the site's domain was first registered only a few months before in July 2016;
• The story on Clinton appeared to be the only article on the website (it was "the only story showing up under the "News" section and all other sections are turning up errors");
• While the story quoted a "Walkerville Police Chief Pat Frederick", there is no Walkerville, Maryland. There is a Walkersville, Maryland, but the city does not have a police department. The address the site listed for "The Guardian" newsroom was actually a parking lot.WEB,weblink Pardon for the Course, Mikkelson, David, Snopes, 11 November 2016, 2016-11-11, WEB,weblink There is no such thing as the Denver Guardian, despite that Facebook post you saw, Lubbers, Eric, Denver Post, 6 November 2016, 2016-11-05,

The site was registered anonymously and built using WordPress, but an investigator employed by National Public Radio found the site was operated by Jestin Coler, the founder, and CEO of Disinfomedia and owner of several other fake news sites. As of March 27, 2017, the site still existed but had no news or any other content. Jestin Coler, as of April 2022, is running for the Indiana House of Representativesweblink

See also

• Baltimore Gazette – a defunct newspaper, the name of which has been reused by a fake news website.

References

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