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As tech giants fight fake news, a right wing publisher lands in trouble

Each day, in an office outside Phoenix, a team of young writers and editors curates reality

As tech giants fight fake news, a conservative publisher lands in trouble
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Nicholas Confessore and Justin Bank | NYT
In the America presented on their news and opinion website, WesternJournal.com, tradition-minded patriots face ceaseless assault by anti-Christian bigots, diseased migrants and race hustlers concocting hate crimes. Danger and outrages loom. A Mexican politician threatens the “takeover” of several American states. Police officers are kicked out of an Arizona Starbucks. Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, proposes a “$100 billion handout” for black families.

The Western Journal is not quite a household name. Until recently, some of its most prolific writers used pseudonyms. Though it publishes scores of stories each week about national politics, the company has no Washington bureau,