The Daily Wire Explained

The Daily Wire
Employees:115 (full-time)[1]
Subsidiaries:Bentkey
Headquarters:Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Type:News, opinion, and media
Owner:DailyWire Ventures, LLC
Current Status:Active

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. 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.[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]

History

The Daily Wire was conceived by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing, who both worked for TruthRevolt, a news website that was formerly funded by the David Horowitz Freedom Center.[11] After the duo secured several million dollars in seed funding from billionaire petroleum industry brothers Dan and Farris Wilks, The Daily Wire was launched in 2015.[12] [9] Farris manages DailyWire Ventures, LLC (formerly Forward Publishing, LLC, and later Bentkey Ventures, LLC), which publishes The Daily Wire. Initially, the company was headquartered in Los Angeles, California[13] and supported mostly by advertisements. In September 2020, Shapiro announced that The Daily Wire headquarters would move to Nashville, Tennessee.[14] [15] [16]

The Daily Wire became one of the leading news sites and publishers on Facebook in terms of engagement. In 2018, NewsWhip identified The Daily Wire as "by far" the top right-wing publisher on Facebook.[17] According to NewsWhip, The Daily Wire was the sixth-leading English-language publisher on Facebook in 2019 through the month of March. The site also had the second most articles among Facebook's 10,000 top stories.[18] In 2021, stories published by The Daily Wire received more likes, shares and comments on Facebook than any other news publisher, according to NPR.[4]

In April 2019, Podtrac ranked The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show the second most listened-to podcast in the U.S. for the month of March 2019, behind The Daily.[19]

In June 2020, Shapiro stepped down from his role as editor-in-chief, which he had held since the site's founding, and took on the role of editor emeritus. John Bickley was announced as the site's next editor-in-chief.[2]

In January 2021, Shapiro announced that The Daily Wire was beginning a studio for TV and films that would not promote leftist causes.[20] Its first original movie, Shut In, premiered in 2022.

In September 2021, Shapiro and Boreing announced that The Daily Wire would defy U.S. President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees.[21] The company later filed a lawsuit, which was eventually brought before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court declared the mandates unlawful with a 6-3 ruling.[22]

In October 2021, The Daily Wire hired Allison Williams, who had resigned from ESPN because the company mandated that live-event staffers get the vaccine and she had decided against being vaccinated while trying to conceive another child.[23] The Daily Wire advertised the hire as "sports without the woke", with a banner that said "did not comply". Williams said she would explore issues "that may be too taboo for other media outlets".[24]

In 2021, The Daily Wire announced a new publishing imprint, DW Books, that would release books by Shapiro, Candace Owens, Gina Carano, and an officer who fired shots in the police killing of Breonna Taylor, among others. According to AP News, this "continues a trend of conservatives setting up channels outside of the New York [publishing] houses", after publishing houses canceled several books seen as promoting extremist views, or refused distribution when other imprints picked them up. DW Books planned to release books through Ingram Content Group starting in 2022.[25]

The Daily Wire's annual revenues exceeded $100 million for the first time as of early 2022, and it had 150 employees.[26] In March 2022, The Daily Wire announced plans to invest at least $100 million into children's entertainment content over a three year period in response to Disney's opposition to Florida's House Bill 1557.[27] [28] In June 2022, The Daily Wire launched DailyWire+, a video on demand platform featuring various Daily Wire content, including podcasts and video productions. In June 2022, co-founder Jeremy Boreing said The Daily Wire had 890,000 paid subscribers.[29] In November 2022, Boreing stated that they have surpassed 1,000,000 subscribers.[30]

In January 2023, conservative commentator Steven Crowder revealed on his Youtube channel that he had received a term sheet from an unnamed conservative media company (later revealed to be The Daily Wire) that included a provision that, if he were to be demonetized or removed from platforms such as YouTube, Facebook or the iTunes Store, his salary would be cut substantially during that period. Crowder took immense issue with that provision, saying that it enforces policies that disproportionately target conservatives and claiming "Big Tech is in bed with Big Con."[31] CEO Jeremy Boreing later responded to Crowder's video, claiming that Crowder had misrepresented the terms of the contract and that the contract would have paid Crowder $50 million over four years. Furthermore, Boreing asserted that the stipulation was necessary to ensure profitability.[32] Other Daily Wire pundits such as Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, and Candace Owens also criticized Crowder for his actions, including secretly recording a phone call he had with Boreing and only releasing parts of the call selectively, including a quote from Boreing saying that up-and-coming conservative commentators need to be "wage slaves for a little bit" while they build their brand.[33] [34]

During the 2023 Israel-Hamas War, the organization faced significant infighting between staff members on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[35] [36]

Podcasts and radio

In addition to its written content, the site produces several podcasts, including The Ben Shapiro Show, The Michael Knowles Show, The Matt Walsh Show, and The Andrew Klavan Show.[3]

The reach of The Ben Shapiro Show expanded in April 2018 when Westwood One began syndicating the podcast to radio.[37] In January 2019, Westwood One expanded Shapiro's one-hour podcast-to-radio program, adding a nationally syndicated two-hour live radio show, for three hours of Ben Shapiro programming daily.[38], according to Westwood One, The Ben Shapiro Show is being carried by more than 200 stations, including in nine of the top ten markets.[39]

In 2020, The Daily Wire acquired the entirety of PragerU's content.[40]

On election day 2020, activist and former Turning Point USA communications director Candace Owens announced that she would move to Nashville, Tennessee, and join The Daily Wire with her own show, Candace.[41] It premiered March 19, 2021. Its episodes air weekly and are filmed before a live studio audience.[42] Notable guests include former president Donald Trump, UFC president Dana White, and U.S. Congressman Jim Jordan.

In March 2022, they started a YouTube channel called The Comments Section with Brett Cooper.

In 2022, DailyWire+ started airing The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast.

Current personalities

Former personalities

Documentaries

The Daily Wire has created several documentaries, including the Matt Walsh documentary What Is a Woman?, released on June 1, 2022.[43] Convicting a Murderer is a 2023 American true-crime documentary series narrated and hosted by Candace Owens for The Daily Wire. Two other documentaries are the Candace Owens helm project The Greatest Lie Ever Sold and the Dr. Jordan Peterson project Logos and Literacy.

Entertainment

Daily Wire personalities Michael Knowles and Jeremy Boreing have performed a couple songs together, as a band with the name Smokey Mike & The god-king.[44]

In January 2021, The Daily Wire released Run Hide Fight, a feature-length drama about a mass school shooting. Its North American release was exclusive to Daily Wire subscribers.[45] In November, The Daily Wire launched Adam Carolla Truth Yeller, a comedy podcast filmed with a live audience, featuring comedian Adam Carolla.[46]

On February 10, 2022 The Daily Wire first original film, Shut In, premiered on YouTube. It was directed by D.J. Caruso and starred Rainey Qualley, Josh Horowitz, and Vincent Gallo in his first film since 2013.[47] After acquiring domestic rights to The Hyperions, a superhero comedy starring Cary Elwes, the company premiered the film for free on YouTube on March 10, 2022. Afterward, it moved to The Daily Wire site for exclusive domestic on-demand viewing.[48] [49]

Terror on the Prairie, a western set in Montana and starring Gina Carano, was released to subscribers on June 14, 2022.[50]

On June 29, 2022, The Daily Wire launched the video on demand platform DailyWire+ featuring various Daily Wire podcasts and video productions,[51] and announced an animated preschool series titled Chip Chilla, which featured the voice of comedian Rob Schneider.[52] On November 3, My Dinner with Trump, a cinéma vérité-style documentary featuring Donald Trump with 16 of his closest advisors, released exclusively on the platform.[53]

In November 2022, The Daily Wire announced that it will produce adaptations of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged and Stephen R. Lawhead's series The Pendragon Cycle.[54] [55] The Pendragon Cycle began filming in September 2023, and is planned for release in 2024. The seven-episode series will be co-directed by Jeremy Boreing and will star Tom Sharp and the conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper.[56] On October 16, 2023 – the centennial anniversary of Walt Disney founding his company – Boreing announced a kids' content service called Bentkey, which launched that day. The service features some of the kids' content they had announced the prior year, including Chip Chilla.[57] Bentkey's first feature-length film was announced to be a live-action adaptation of Snow White, titled Snow White and the Evil Queen, starring Cooper as the titular character, in response to the upcoming 2025 Disney Snow White film.[58]

Films

TitleGenreU.S. release datePlatform
Run Hide FightAction thrillerJanuary 14, 2021DailyWire+
Shut InThrillerFebruary 10, 2022
The HyperionsSuperhero comedyMarch 10, 2022
What Is a Woman?DocumentaryJune 1, 2022
Terror on the PrairieJune 14, 2022
The Greatest Lie Ever SoldDocumentaryOctober 12, 2022
My Dinner with TrumpDocumentaryNovember 3, 2022
Lady Ballers ComedyDecember 1, 2023
DramaJuly 4, 2024Theatrical release
Am I Racist?DocumentarySeptember 13, 2024
Snow White and the Evil QueenFantasy2025Bentkey

Television series

TitleGenreU.S. release datePlatform
What We SawDocumentaryJune 13, 2019–presentDailyWire+
Adam Carolla Truth YellerComedy podcastNovember 25, 2021–March 24, 2022
The Enemy WithinDocumentaryFebruary 18, 2022[59]
Fauci UnmaskedDocumentaryMarch 16, 2022[60]
ExodusDocumentaryNovember 22, 2022–May 3, 2023
Convicting a MurdererDocumentarySeptember 8, 2023[61]
Chip ChillaAnimated seriesOctober 16, 2023 Bentkey
A Wonderful Day with Mabel MaclayLive-action children's series
Gus Plus Us
Kid ExplorerLive-action children's documentary
Kid Fit Go!Fitness
Kid Fit ChefCookingMarch 16, 2024
Mr. BirchumAdult animationMay 12, 2024DailyWire+
The Pendragon CycleFantasy2024
Atlas ShruggedScripted series based on the novelTBA

Products

In March 2022, co-CEO Jeremy Boreing opened a line of subscription-based shaving razors called Jeremy's Razors, openly competing against former Daily Wire sponsor Harry's Razors.[62] [63] In March 2023, Boreing started selling chocolate bars branded as Jeremy's Chocolate after Hershey's chocolate bars hired a trans woman to be a spokesperson for International Women's Day.[64]

Reception

Accuracy

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] [10] According to Snopes, "DailyWire.com has a tendency to share stories that are taken out of context or not verified", including an incorrect report on baby names in the Netherlands, a misdated, exaggerated story that protesters were digging up Confederate graves,[65] a false allegation that Democratic congresspeople had refused to stand for a fallen Navy SEAL's widow,[66] and a report that Harvard University was segregating commencement ceremonies (because black students had planned an optional event).[67] The credibility checker NewsGuard assessed in 2021 that The Daily Wire "has sometimes misstated facts, including about COVID-19" but "generally maintains basic standards of credibility and transparency — with significant exceptions".

Various articles by The Daily Wire have engaged in climate change denial by making false or misleading claims when they dispute the scientific consensus on climate change.[68] In 2017, when scientists writing in Climate Feedback described several Daily Wire articles as inaccurate or lacking evidence,[69] [70] [71] The Daily Wire published corrections in two articles, after which the scientists assessed that the updated articles were still misleading.[72] [73] In November 2021, a study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate described The Daily Wire as being among "ten fringe publishers" that together were responsible for nearly 70 percent of Facebook user interactions with content that denied climate change. Facebook said the percentage was overstated and called the study misleading.[74] [75]

The "Coronavirus Misinformation Weekly Briefing" by academics of the Oxford Internet Institute described The Daily Wire's coverage of COVID-19 lockdowns and the World Health Organization as examples of "junk health news" narratives in 2020.[76] [77] Multiple scientific studies have identified The Daily Wire as a fake news website.[78] [79] [80] [81] [82] Boston University and Forbes have described the website as far-right.[36] [83]

In April 2017, The Daily Wire incorrectly credited the Housing and Urban Development secretary, Ben Carson, with finding over $500 billion in accounting errors made by the Obama administration. FactCheck.org reported that the errors were discovered and published by HUD's independent inspector general before Carson became secretary.[84]

Facebook criticism

In October 2019, the investigative website Popular Information said that The Daily Wire had violated Facebook's policies by creating 14 anonymous pages promoting its content exclusively to boost engagement.[85] [86] [87] In response, Facebook temporarily demoted a network called Mad World News, which had a financial relationship with The Daily Wire, but issued no penalty to The Daily Wire besides a warning.[88] [89]

In July 2021, an article by NPR in a series on disinformation accused The Daily Wire of having found success on Facebook by turning "anger into an art form and recycled content into a business model". It cited among its examples Daily Wire stories on COVID-19 vaccines that disproportionately played up potential side effects.[90] Shapiro responded on Twitter by asserting that the NPR story reflected "the establishment media's deep desire to keep people from clicking on stories they want to read".

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Blake . Andrew . July 7, 2020 . Ben Shapiro stepping down as editor-in-chief of the Daily Wire . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200918101724/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/7/ben-shapiro-stepping-down-as-editor-in-chief-of-th/ . September 18, 2020 . July 7, 2020 . . en-US.
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  6. Web site: McCool . Alice . Narayanan . Manasa . 2022-05-19 . The Daily Wire Spent Thousands of Dollars Promoting Anti-Amber Heard Propaganda . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704125321/https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab3yk/daily-wire-amber-heard-johnny-depp . July 4, 2022 . 2022-05-21 . . en.
  7. Web site: Gregory . John . December 2020 . dailywire.com . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210719225539/https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NG-dailywire.com-Dec2020update.pdf . July 19, 2021 . July 26, 2021 . NewsGuard . 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. Web site: Gregory . John . March 2022 . dailywire.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20220401195238/https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Daily-Wire-Nutrition-Label-March-2022.pdf . April 1, 2022 . NewsGuard . The website has also made inaccurate or unsubstantiated claims about climate change..
  9. Web site: Gregory . John . 2020 . dailywire.com . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210719225539/https://www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NG-dailywire.com-Dec2020update.pdf . July 19, 2021 . July 26, 2021 . NewsGuard . An October 2019 article headlined "KNOWLES: AOC Travels To Europe To Cry," made false claims about climate change..
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  12. Web site: The Many Faces of Ben Shapiro . Stevenson, Seth . January 24, 2018 . . December 28, 2018 . May 25, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190525080449/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/is-ben-shapiro-a-conservative-liberals-can-count-on.html . live .
  13. News: In the Heart of 'The Resistance', California Conservatives Are Invigorated . Peters . Jeremy W . October 31, 2017 . . April 30, 2018 . 0362-4331. subscription. https://web.archive.org/web/20171122231753/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/california-republicans-bannon-miller-conservative.html. November 22, 2017.
  14. Web site: Ben Shapiro is moving to Nashville, and he's bringing The Daily Wire with him. The Tennessean. September 15, 2020. Brinley. Hineman. September 16, 2020. April 19, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230419234019/https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/09/15/ben-shapiro-moving-nashville-and-hes-bringing-daily-wire/5812102002/. live.
  15. News: September 15, 2020 . The Daily Wire To Move Headquarters From Los Angeles To Nashville . . Ted . Johnson . September 16, 2020 . September 16, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200916204834/https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-daily-wire-ben-shapiro-jeremy-boeing-1234577589/ . live .
  16. News: September 16, 2020 . Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire leaving California: 'Terrible governance has consequences' . . Joe . Concha . September 16, 2020 . September 24, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924211514/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/516718-ben-shapiros-daily-wire-leaving-california-terrible-governance-has . live .
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  20. Web site: 'Shapiro: Why The Daily Wire Is Getting Into The Entertainment Business' . Shapiro, Ben . January 3, 2020 . The Daily Wire . January 3, 2020 . January 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210101171228/https://www.dailywire.com/news/shapiro-why-the-daily-wires-getting-into-the-entertainment-business . live .
  21. Web site: Ellefson. Lindsey. September 10, 2021. Conservative Outlet Daily Wire Vows to Defy Biden Vaccine Order. live. September 13, 2021. TheWrap. en-US. May 9, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220509221002/https://www.thewrap.com/conservative-outlet-daily-wire-vows-to-defy-biden-vaccine-order/.
  22. Web site: Biden administration withdraws Covid vaccine mandate for businesses after losing Supreme Court case . Kimball . Spencer . January 25, 2022 . CNBC . February 18, 2022 . February 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220218133318/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/25/covid-vaccine-mandate-osha-withdraws-rule-for-businesses-after-losing-supreme-court-case.html . live .
  23. Web site: Allison Williams joins Daily Wire after leaving ESPN over vaccine mandate. Sporting News. October 22, 2021. Zac. Al Khateeb. October 27, 2021. October 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027093919/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics/news/allison-williams-espn-vaccine/ebhhpo4vjjul1r4jgsphwi0wc. live.
  24. News: Abdel-Baqui. Omar. October 25, 2021. Former ESPN Reporter Allison Williams Who Left Over Vaccine Mandate Joins the Daily Wire. en-US. Wall Street Journal. October 25, 2021. 0099-9660. subscription. October 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211025132354/https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-espn-reporter-who-left-over-vaccine-mandate-joins-the-daily-wire-11635167520. live.
  25. Web site: Daily Wire launches conservative book publishing imprint. October 13, 2021. AP News. Hillel. Italie. November 5, 2021. November 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211105001648/https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-entertainment-business-new-york-breonna-taylor-faa78abaed5ff00323d05e0c92a182eb. live.
  26. Web site: Fischer . Sara . 2022-02-08 . Exclusive: The Daily Wire says it's a $100M a year business . 2022-06-06 . Axios . en . June 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220606042001/https://www.axios.com/2022/02/08/daily-wire-revenue-shapiro-boreing . live .
  27. Web site: Fischer . Sara . 2022-03-30 . The Daily Wire says it's pouring $100 million into kids entertainment . 2022-03-31 . Axios . en . March 31, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220331174710/https://www.axios.com/daily-wire-kids-entertainment-67f1921f-0871-4998-8d59-ff7984f02403.html . live .
  28. News: Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival 'woke' Disney . en-US . Washington Post . 2022-03-31 . 0190-8286 . March 31, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220331111600/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/31/daily-wire-kids/ . live .
  29. Web site: Meek . Andy . June 29, 2022 . The Daily Wire, Which Now Boasts 890,000 Paid Subscribers, Signs Jordan Peterson to its New DailyWire+ . Forbes . July 1, 2022 . July 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220701032528/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2022/06/29/the-daily-wire-which-now-boasts-890000-paid-subscribers-signs-jordan-peterson-to-its-new-dailywire/ . live .
  30. News: Fischer. Sara. Daily Wire says streaming service has surpassed 1M subscribers. Axios. 17 November 2022. November 19, 2022. November 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221118054439/https://www.axios.com/2022/11/17/daily-wire-1m-subscribers. live.
  31. Web site: Binder . Matt . Why is Steven Crowder at war with Ben Shapiro's company? . Mashable . 30 January 2023 . en . 21 January 2023 . January 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230130225839/https://mashable.com/article/steven-crowder-ben-shapiro-daily-wire-youtube-monetization-contract-dispute . live .
  32. Web site: Porterfield . Carlie . Right-Wing Pundits Ben Shapiro And Steven Crowder Clash Over $50 Million Media Deal . Forbes . 30 January 2023 . en . January 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230124231951/https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2023/01/20/right-wing-pundits-ben-shapiro-and-steven-crowder-clash-over-50-million-media-deal/ . live .
  33. Web site: Ben Shapiro Tears Into YouTube 'Shill' Steven Crowder After Shock Jock Escalates Feud By Airing Secret Recording of Daily Wire CEO . Alex . Griffing . Mediaite . January 20, 2023 . January 30, 2023 . January 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230126141447/https://www.mediaite.com/news/ben-shapiro-tears-into-youtube-shill-steven-crowder-after-shock-jock-escalates-feud-by-airing-secret-recording-of-daily-wire-ceo/ . live .
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  35. Ramirez . Nikki McCann . 2023-11-16 . 'By All Means Quit': The Daily Wire's Biggest Stars Are Fighting . 2023-11-17 . Rolling Stone . en-US . November 17, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231117043734/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ben-shapiro-candace-owens-fighting-the-daily-wire-israel-hamas-war-1234880402/ . live .
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  37. Web site: Ben Shapiro to take his podcast to radio . Schwartz . Jason . Politico . April 28, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . April 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407070615/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/29/ben-shapiro-radio-podcast-490973 . live .
  38. News: Ben Shapiro Radio Show Expands To Three Hours Over The Air . September 24, 2018 . . June 16, 2019 . June 22, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190622141814/http://www.insideradio.com/free/ben-shapiro-radio-show-expands-to-three-hours-over-the/article_f8a5d07a-c020-11e8-b7ae-a3f6cb9d9b7b.html . live .
  39. Web site: The Ben Shapiro Show Experiences Explosive Station Growth and Ratings Success by Drawing Younger Listeners to Broadcast Radio . March 6, 2019 . . Chris . Potter . August 9, 2019 . June 20, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190620181201/https://www.westwoodone.com/2019/03/06/the-ben-shapiro-show-experiences-explosive-station-growth-and-ratings-success-by-drawing-younger-listeners-to-broadcast-radio/ . dead .
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  42. Web site: CANDACE OWENS, DAILY WIRE LAUNCHING NEW LATE-NIGHT SHOW WITH LIVE AUDIENCE . Burack . Bobby . March 9, 2021 . Outkick . April 2, 2022 . May 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528221555/https://www.outkick.com/candace-owens-daily-wire/ . live .
  43. Web site: Perspective: He asked 'What is a woman?' Most people couldn't answer . Deseret News . Jennifer . Graham . June 4, 2022 . June 5, 2022 . June 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220605192313/https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/4/23153551/he-asked-what-is-a-woman-most-people-couldnt-answer-matt-walsh-daily-wire-gender-ideology . live .
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  45. Web site: The Daily Wire Makes First Foray Into Film & TV With School Shooting Movie 'Run Hide Fight'; Right-Wing Site Developing Two TV Series. Andreas. Wiseman. January 4, 2021. Deadline Hollywood. October 26, 2021. October 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211026045505/https://deadline.com/2021/01/daily-wire-film-tv-run-hide-fight-shooter-right-wing-website-developing-two-tv-series-1234664288/. live.
  46. Adam Carolla Truth Yeller, Episodes 1-6
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  48. Web site: Wiseman . Andreas . The Daily Wire Buys Indie Superhero Comedy 'The Hyperions' Starring Cary Elwes; Watch First Trailer . February 11, 2022 . Deadline . February 18, 2022 . February 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220218134458/https://deadline.com/video/daily-wire-hyperions-cary-elwes-comedy-movie/ . live .
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  50. Web site: Wiseman . Andreas . October 12, 2021 . Gina Carano Underway On First Project Since 'The Mandalorian': Daily Wire Western 'Terror On The Prairie' Also Stars MMA Fighter Cowboy Cerrone, 'Justified' Actor Nick Searcy, More . . October 26, 2021 . October 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211022202659/https://deadline.com/2021/10/gina-carano-mandalorian-daily-wire-western-terror-on-prairie-mma-cowboy-cerrone-1234854785/ . live .
  51. News: June 29, 2022 . The Daily Wire Launches 'DailyWire+' With Addition of Jordan Peterson . en . Valdosta Daily Times . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630055108/https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/business/the-daily-wire-launches-dailywire-with-addition-of-jordan-peterson/article_45974669-c2a7-527b-aeba-0abcfe38c9ac.html . 2022-06-30.
  52. News: Land. Jamie. Daily Wire's New Animated Show 'Chip Chilla' Aims To Rival 'Woke' Cartoons. Cartoon Brew. 1 July 2022. July 3, 2022. July 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220703024232/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/daily-wire-streaming-chip-chilla-teaser-218442.html. live.
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  54. Web site: Wiseman . Andreas . 2022-11-17 . The Daily Wire Lines Up Series Adaptation Of Ayn Rand's Dystopian Novel 'Atlas Shrugged' . 2022-11-17 . . en-US . November 17, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221117233202/https://deadline.com/2022/11/daily-wire-tv-series-adaptation-ayn-rands-dystopian-novel-atlas-shrugged-1235175597/ . live .
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  56. News: Wiseman. Andreas. Conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper Among Cast Revealed For Daily Wire Series 'The Pendragon Cycle'. Deadline. 21 September 2023. October 3, 2023. October 3, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231003191456/https://deadline.com/2023/09/daily-wire-brett-cooper-youtube-cast-pendragon-cycle-1235552333/. live.
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  59. News: Basham. Megan. New Documentary Series, 'The Enemy Within,' Shows How China Bent Hollywood To Its Will. 18 February 2022. The Daily Wire. July 25, 2022. July 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220725042205/https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-documentary-series-the-enemy-within-shows-how-china-bent-hollywood-to-its-will. live.
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  61. Web site: 2023-08-10 . 'Convicting A Murderer' Release Date Announced, Trailer Drops For Hotly Anticipated Response To Netflix's 'Making A Murderer' . 2023-08-10 . The Daily Wire . en . August 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230403/https://www.dailywire.com/news/official-trailer-release-date-arrive-for-convicting-a-murderer-hotly-anticipated-response-to-netflixs-making-a-murderer . live .
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  70. News: Johnson. Scott. May 9, 2017. The Daily Wire makes wild claims about climate change based on no evidence. Climate Feedback. April 29, 2018. The title of this Daily Wire article inaccurately claims that global temperature has not warmed over the past 19 years—in direct contradiction with observations—and the article provides no evidence in support of this bold claim.. April 30, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180430000302/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/global-quackery-earth-not-warmed-past-19-years-new-study-finds-joseph-curl-the-daily-wire/. live.
  71. News: Vincent. Emmanuel. February 28, 2017. Analysis of 'Scientists: Here's What Really Causes Climate Change (And It Has Nothing To Do With Human Beings)'. Climate Feedback. April 29, 2018. This post at The Daily Wire, which has been widely shared on Facebook, claims that a recent study of variations in Earth's orbit recorded by 90 million-year-old rocks provides evidence against a human cause of current global warming. Scientists who reviewed the post found that it misrepresented the study's implications for modern climate change, as well as the timeframes that the study is relevant to.. April 29, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180429224143/https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/scientists-we-know-what-really-causes-climate-james-barrett-the-daily-wire/. live.
  72. Web site: Daily Wire updates its article, but it still conveys false information. May 16, 2017. Climate Feedback. Emmanuel. Vincent. November 1, 2021. November 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101144535/https://climatefeedback.org/daily-wire-updates-article-still-conveys-false-information/. live.
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