Palmer Report
American left-wing political blog
The Palmer Report is an American liberal conspiracy theory and fake news website, founded in 2016 by Bill Palmer.
The site is known for making unsubstantiated or false claims, producing hyperpartisan content, and publishing conspiracy theories, especially on matters relating to Donald Trump and Russia. Fact-checkers have debunked numerous Palmer Report stories, and organizations including the Columbia Journalism Review and the German Marshall Fund have listed the site among false content producers or biased websites.
History
Bill Palmer worked as an elementary school teacher before beginning a series of online publications. His earlier endeavors primarily discussed music and technology. In 2013, he launched a publication titled The Stabley Times under a pseudonym. Like his previous websites, the site covered music and technology, but it also added coverage of political and sports-related topics. Palmer subsequently founded a politics-focused site called Daily News Bin. A hyperpartisan left-wing website, Daily News Bin was described by Snopes editor Brooke Binkowski as "a pro-Hillary Clinton 'news site' designed to 'counter misinformation'". Daily News Bin promoted fake and sensationalized pro-Clinton narratives, according to The New York Observer.
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