Liz Wheeler Explained
Elizabeth "Liz" Theresa Wheeler (born July 12, 1989 in Sharonville, OH[1]) is an American conservative political commentator, author, and podcast host. From 2015 to 2020, she hosted One America News Network (OANN)'s Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler, where she was known for her finale segment, "Final Point".[2] In 2019, Wheeler published her first book, Tipping Points: How to Topple the Left's House of Cards. In September 2020, Wheeler left OANN and currently hosts a podcast, The Liz Wheeler Show.
Career
In 2013, Wheeler at age 24 partnered with 13 other young conservatives to co-author and publish Young, Conservative, & Why It's Smart to Be Like Us.[3] The book went to No. 2 on Amazon's Civics Books List.
On October 26, 2015, Wheeler was introduced as the host of the primetime talk show Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler, which aired weeknights at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT on One America News Network (OANN).[4] [5]
Wheeler spoke at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2016.[6] She speaks at Young America's Foundation events.[7] In 2018, Wheeler was profiled by Politico magazine as a "titan" of conservative media alongside Ben Shapiro, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Tucker Carlson, Dana Loesch, and others. In the Politico profile, Wheeler said she chose a career in political media because: "We're at a point that we're replacing God with government. So, instead of debating theology, instead of debating family, we're looking at government and looking to politics for the answers—and that's why everyone is so obsessed with it."[8]
In a 2018 segment on OANN, Wheeler falsely claimed that a proposed California bill would ban the sale of Bibles. Snopes determined that the claim was a misrepresentation; the bill actually targeted gay conversion therapy.[9]
In 2019, Regnery Publishing published Wheeler's first book, Tipping Points: How to Topple the Left's House of Cards.[10] In 2020, President Donald Trump issued a tweet encouraging his followers to "buy the book" and "give Liz great reviews."[11]
In a May 2020 segment on OANN, Wheeler claimed without evidence that "mainstream media pretended there was a deadly surge in COVID cases" after the 2020 Wisconsin Spring election. PolitiFact rated the claim "Pants on Fire", having found that there were no references to a "surge" in their review of state and national articles about the election, and that reports had accurately listed the number of COVID-19 cases potentially related to the election.[12] At OANN, Wheeler denounced Black Lives Matter protesters as "trained Marxists".[13]
In September 2020, Wheeler announced her departure from OANN.[14]
In a January 2021 video titled "Fauci lied to you AGAIN", Wheeler made false claims about Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, and the effectiveness of face masks. FactCheck.org determined that Wheeler had falsely claimed that Fauci "lied" to the American public about the pandemic, and that she misled about COVID-19 vaccination prioritization and distorted the findings of a scientific paper to claim that face masks do not need to be worn by healthy people.[15]
On May 25, 2021, Wheeler premiered her podcast, The Liz Wheeler Show.[16] In an episode posted on June 30, 2021, Wheeler falsely claimed that a "peer reviewed, scientific study showed that the COVID-19 vaccine causes two deaths for every three lives it saves." The video was flagged by Facebook as part of its efforts to combat misinformation, and PolitiFact found that the MDPI Vaccines journal, which had published the study, had posted a notice raising serious questions about it two days prior to the episode being uploaded. The notice called the study's conclusions a "misrepresentation of the data" and stated that the authors' assertion that the deaths were caused by vaccination efforts was "incorrect and distorted".[17] [18] [19]
In March 2022, Wheeler falsely claimed that Hepatitis B vaccination in newborns was unsafe and unnecessary unless the mother was infected with the hepatitis B virus, and that the vaccine failed to prevent infection by the time vaccinated people became sexually active.[20] In January 2023, following football player Damar Hamlin's in-game collapse, Wheeler promoted a conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 vaccine was responsible for a "surge" in athlete deaths and injuries.[21]
Personal life
Wheeler is Roman Catholic.[22] She was married in 2017 to Daniel Moyer, and their first child was born in 2021.[23] [24]
Notes and References
- Web site: Liz Wheeler Writer, Producer, Actress . 2024-07-17 . IMDb . en-US.
- Web site: Meet Liz Wheeler: The young American Right's next big thing. May 19, 2017. The Tab US. en-US. May 1, 2020. June 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200612142431/https://thetab.com/us/2017/05/19/liz-wheeler-68727. live.
- Web site: Young, Conservative, and Why it's Smart to be like Us. goodreads.com. May 1, 2020. February 4, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240204033005/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19439333-young-conservative-and-why-it-s-smart-to-be-like-us. live.
- News: Fisher . Marc . July 5, 2017 . An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking 'pro-Trump' to new heights . . live . https://archive.today/20170705213620/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/an-inside-look-at-one-america-news-the-insurgent-tv-network-taking-pro-trump-to-new-heights/2017/07/05/7475f0a4-4fa2-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html . July 5, 2017.
- Web site: One America News counts Trump as a fan. But the San Diego channel is fighting for millions more viewers. September 27, 2019. San Diego Union-Tribune. en-US. May 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200429102738/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/story/2019-09-26/one-america-news-san-diego. April 29, 2020. live.
- Web site: Liz Wheeler Remarks at CPAC. c-span.org. en-us. May 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20170704172237/https://www.c-span.org/video/?405993-101%2Fliz-wheeler-remarks-cpac. July 4, 2017. live.
- Web site: Liz Wheeler. Young America's Foundation. en. May 1, 2020. March 17, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210317213520/https://www.yaf.org/speakers/liz-wheeler/. live.
- Web site: The New Conservative Media Establishment. Mahaskey. M. Scott. POLITICO Magazine. en. May 1, 2020. February 4, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240204033004/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/27/the-new-conservative-media-establishment-218107/. live.
- Web site: MacGuill. Dan. April 20, 2018. Fact Check: Would a Proposed Law 'Ban the Bible' in California?. live. https://archive.today/20180425161210/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-bible-ban/. April 25, 2018. May 17, 2021. Snopes.
- Web site: Liz Wheeler. Tipping Points - How to Topple the Left's House of Cards. c-span.org. en-us. May 1, 2020. July 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210716160329/https://www.c-span.org/video/?463171-1/liz-wheeler-tipping-points-topple-lefts-house-cards. live.
- Web site: Trump. Donald J.. Donald Trump. March 24, 2020. Buy the book and give Liz some Great Reviews! @OANN. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200330164647/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1242410695188193281. March 30, 2020. May 4, 2020. Twitter. en.
- Web site: Litke. Eric. May 12, 2020. No, the media did not "pretend there was a deadly surge in COVID cases" after Wisconsin election. June 29, 2021. PolitiFact. en-US. June 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629021744/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/one-america-news/mainstream-media-surge-COVID-Wisconsin-election/. live.
- News: August 8, 2020 . June 20, 2022 . The meaning of One America News Network . . Mr Ledger's show is followed by "Tipping Point", presented by Liz Wheeler, who denounces the "trained Marxists" of Black Lives Matter with a glare that could turn liberals to stone. . June 20, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220620160718/https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/08/08/the-meaning-of-one-america-news-network . live .
- Web site: Soellner. Mica. Leonardi. Anthony. September 12, 2020. Exclusive: Liz Wheeler, top One America News anchor, to leave network. September 12, 2020. Washington Examiner. en. September 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912195421/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/exclusive-liz-wheeler-top-one-america-news-anchor-to-leave-network. live.
- Web site: McDonald. Jessica. Gore. D'Angelo. Kiely. Eugene. February 3, 2021. Video Wrong About Fauci, COVID-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210604084315/https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/scicheck-video-wrong-about-fauci-covid-19/. June 4, 2021. February 7, 2021. FactCheck.org. en-US. live.
- Web site: The Liz Wheeler Show. The Liz Wheeler Show. September 17, 2021. September 17, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210917061756/https://lizwheelershow.com/. live.
- Web site: Kertscher. Tom. July 2, 2021. Journal discredits study it published claiming a COVID-19 vaccine causes deaths. July 2, 2021. PolitiFact. en-US. January 8, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220108055831/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/02/liz-wheeler/journal-discredits-study-it-published-claiming-cov/. live.
- Web site: Oransky. Ivan. June 29, 2021. Paper claiming two deaths from COVID-19 vaccination for every three prevented cases earns expression of concern. July 2, 2021. Retraction Watch. en-US. January 21, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121070142/https://retractionwatch.com/2021/06/29/paper-claiming-two-deaths-from-covid-19-vaccination-for-every-three-prevented-cases-earns-expression-of-concern/. live.
- Wise. Jacqui. July 7, 2021. Covid-19: Vaccines journal retracts controversial paper after editorial board members quit. BMJ. en. 374. n1726. 10.1136/bmj.n1726. 1756-1833. 34233897. free. January 19, 2022. December 30, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211230020031/https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1726. live.
- Web site: Carballo-Carbajal . Iria . April 1, 2022 . Children under six are at a much higher risk of hepatitis B-related complications than adults; vaccination is very safe and effective at preventing infection and disease . February 24, 2023 . Health Feedback . en-US . February 4, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240204033045/https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/children-under-six-much-higher-risk-of-hepatitis-b-related-complications-than-adults-vaccination-safe-and-effective-preventing-infection-disease-liz-wheeler/ . live .
- Web site: Spencer . Saranac Hale . January 13, 2023 . No Surge in Athlete Deaths, Contrary to Widespread Anti-Vaccine Claims . February 24, 2023 . FactCheck.org . en-US . February 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230224022927/https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/scicheck-no-surge-in-athlete-deaths-contrary-to-widespread-anti-vaccine-claims/ . live .
- Web site: Wheeler. Liz. November 6, 2015. Final Point: Religion in America... and my Catholic Faith. July 3, 2021. One America News Network. YouTube. May 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210503230645/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=2-Qv7y2p6Ks. live.
- Web site: September 17, 2018. Delighted Liz Wheeler Engaged & Married, Young Age Dream Come True. September 1, 2021. Live Ramp Up. en. September 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901012818/https://liverampup.com/entertainment/liz-wheeler-age-married-engaged.html. live.
- Web site: Richardson. Audrey. August 10, 2019. Liz Wheeler – Controversy and the Mystery Husband!. September 1, 2021. Very Celeb. en. September 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901012420/https://veryceleb.com/liz-wheeler/. live.