Thefederalist.com
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Type of site
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Online magazine |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Created by |
Ben Domenech Sean Davis |
| Editor |
David Harsanyi Mollie Hemingway |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank | 13,930 (March 2018[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional, but is required to comment |
| Launched | September 1, 2013 |
| Current status | Active |
The Federalist is an American English-language right-wing online magazine that covers politics, policy, culture, and religion, and publishes a newsletter. The site was co-founded by Ben Domenech and Sean Davis and launched in September 2013.
The Federalist was co-founded by Ben Domenech and Sean Davis; senior editors include David Harsanyi and Mollie Hemingway. Domenech wrote that The Federalist was inspired by the mission and 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."
In late 2014, The Federalist attracted media coverage when it published articles alleging that Neil deGrasse Tyson had used fabricated quotes in his public presentations, including one attributed to George W. Bush.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson initially refrained from commenting on the allegations, as his fans tried to dismiss the charges, according to Jonathan Adler of the Washington Post. When contacted by The Federalist via email, Tyson initially tried to defend himself, but later confessed to at least one of the errors and apologized to President George W. Bush.
Writers criticized Tyson, both for his failure to address the full range of his alleged misrepresentations, and his attempts to deflect and deny the criticism.
In November 2017, The Federalist came under criticism from both conservatives and liberals for publishing an opinion piece by Ouachita Baptist University philosopher Tully Borland defending Roy Moore's dating of teenagers while he was in his 30s and arguing that such behavior was "not without some merit if one wants to raise a large family." Noah Rothman of the conservative Commentary Magazine said that the op-ed was "rationalizing away child molestation". Molly Roberts of the Washington Post said that the op-ed was "uniquely awful". Ben Domenech defended The Federalist, which "remains avowedly committed to offering alternative views. For those that have a problem with this, the question is simple: what are you afraid of?"
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