Raw Story

{{short description|American progressive news website}}
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'''''Raw Story''''' (also stylized as '''''RawStory''''') is an American [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] news website. It was founded in 2004 by [[John K. Byrne]] and is owned by Byrne and [[Michael Rogers (publisher)|Michael Rogers]].

== History ==

Byrne started ''Raw Story'' as a counterpoint to the right-leaning [[Drudge Report]] after he graduated from [[Oberlin College]] in 2003. It was officially launched in 2004, with Rogers joining the same year.<ref name="Review1">{{cite news |title=John Byrne, OC '03, Former Editor-in-Chief of the Review, and Founder of The Grape and The Raw Story |last1=Bogelin |first1=Rosemary |url=https://oberlinreview.org/5612/news/john-byrne-oc-03-former-editor-in-chief-of-the-review-and-founder-of-the-grape-and-the-raw-story/ |work=[[The Oberlin Review]] |date=April 25, 2014 |accessdate=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227183219/https://oberlinreview.org/5612/news/john-byrne-oc-03-former-editor-in-chief-of-the-review-and-founder-of-the-grape-and-the-raw-story/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WSJ1">{{cite news|last=O'Reilly|first=Lara|date=April 10, 2018|title=CMO Today: Zuckerberg's Congress Hearing; P&G to Build Cross-Holding Company Creative Agency; Movie Theaters Go Upmarket|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cmo-today-zuckerbergs-congress-hearing-p-g-to-build-cross-holding-company-creative-agency-movie-theaters-go-upmarket-1523360495|access-date=June 27, 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410153940/https://www.wsj.com/articles/cmo-today-zuckerbergs-congress-hearing-p-g-to-build-cross-holding-company-creative-agency-movie-theaters-go-upmarket-1523360495|archive-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="HIV1">{{cite web |last1=Anderson-Minshall |first1=Diane |title=Here's Why We Chose To Highlight Miami Activists On Our Cover |url=https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2019/4/09/heres-why-we-chose-highlight-miami-activists-our-cover |website=[[HIV Plus|HIV Plus Magazine]] |access-date=October 29, 2021 |language=en |date=April 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208033610/https://www.hivplusmag.com/print-issue/2019/4/09/heres-why-we-chose-highlight-miami-activists-our-cover |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, ''Raw Story'' was accepted as a member of the [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia|Association of Alternative News Media]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AAN Publications • Raw Story|url=https://aan.org/member-directory/name/raw-story/|access-date=2021-08-03|website=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803194506/https://aan.org/member-directory/name/raw-story/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2018, ''Raw Story'' partners John K. Byrne and [[Michael Rogers (publisher)|Michael Rogers]] announced that they had acquired [[AlterNet]] via a newly created company, AlterNet Media,<ref name="WSJ1" /> as well as the New Civil Rights Movement.<ref>[https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/about/ About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124152649/https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/about/ |date=November 24, 2022 }}, New Civil Rights Movement</ref><ref name="HIV1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/raw-story-owners-buy-alternet |title=It's a new day for AlterNet |date=April 9, 2018 |website=[[AlterNet]] |first=John |last=Byrne |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410021031/https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/raw-story-owners-buy-alternet |archive-date=April 10, 2018 |author-link=John K. Byrne}}</ref>

From 2019 to 2021, ''Raw Story'' partnered with [[Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting|Pulitzer Prize winner]] investigative journalist [[David Cay Johnston]] and his nonprofit news service [[DCReport]], providing funding for DCReport's investigative reporting in exchange for original content for ''Raw Story''<nowiki/>'s subscribers on financial regulation, taxes, energy, the environment, worker safety, and corruption.<ref name="EP1"/><ref>{{multiref2|1={{cite web |url=https://www.dcreport.org/2019/05/22/dcreport-partners-with-raw-story/ |title=DCReport Partners With Raw Story |date=May 22, 2019 |website=DCReport.org |first=John |last=Byrne |author-link=John K. Byrne |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928002547/https://www.dcreport.org/2019/05/22/dcreport-partners-with-raw-story/ |url-status=live }}|2={{cite web |url=https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/raw-story-partners-with-pulitzer-prize-winning-reporter-david-cay-johnston-in-push-for-investigative-journalism/ |title=Raw Story partners with Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter David Cay Johnston in push for investigative journalism |website=Raw Story |date=May 22, 2019 |first=John |last=Byrne |author-link=John K. Byrne |access-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930111232/https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/raw-story-partners-with-pulitzer-prize-winning-reporter-david-cay-johnston-in-push-for-investigative-journalism/ |url-status=live }}}}</ref>

In 2023, ''Raw Story'' hired Dave Levinthal as [[Editor-in-chief|Editor-in-Chief]] and Adam Nichols as Executive Editor with the goal of expanding investigative and enterprise reporting. Levinthal was deputy editor at [[Business Insider|Insider]], and previously served at [[OpenSecrets]], [[Politico]] and [[The Dallas Morning News]]. Adam Nichols was formerly Managing Editor at [[Patch (website)|Patch]].<ref>{{multiref2 |1={{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2023/01/09/what-the-three-amigos-are-looking-for-00077044 |title=POLITICO Playbook PM |date=January 9, 2023 |website=[[Politico]] |first=Garrett |last=Ross |access-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121100220/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2023/01/09/what-the-three-amigos-are-looking-for-00077044 |url-status=live }} |2={{cite web |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/media-moves/raw-story-makes-two-top-editorial-hires/ |title=Raw Story makes two top editorial hires |date=January 20, 2023 |website=[[Talking Biz News]] |first=Mariam |last=Ahmed |access-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121072803/https://talkingbiznews.com/media-moves/raw-story-makes-two-top-editorial-hires/ |url-status=live }} }}</ref>

== Coverage ==

Founder John Byrne described ''Raw Story'' as "focusing on news that's downplayed by mainstream media outlets".<ref name="WSJ1"/> In its early days, Raw Story was known for scooping larger media outlets on their own stories and breaking them before publication. During the presidential administration of George W. Bush, Raw Story identified a secret CIA [[black site]] in Poland that was used for [[Rendition (law)|renditions]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sylvester |first1=Diane |title=Raw Story: Exploring new ways to build audience with investigative news, paywalls and partnerships |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/raw-story-exploring-new-ways-to-build-audience-with-investigative-news-paywalls-and-partnerships,248337 |access-date=29 March 2024 |publisher=Editor & Publisher |date=27 February 2024}}</ref>

In 2014, then-executive editor [[Tony Ortega]] described ''Raw Story''<nowiki/>'s editorial mission as trying to expose people "who try to exploit American ideas about fair play and equality by rigging things through their immense wealth or their discriminatory cultural myopia."<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 4, 2014|title=The 60-Second Interview: Tony Ortega, Executive Editor, The Raw Story|url=http://www.politico.com/media/story/2014/03/the-60-second-interview-tony-ortega-executive-editor-the-raw-story-002696|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=[[Politico]]|language=en|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217221454/https://www.politico.com/media/story/2014/03/the-60-second-interview-tony-ortega-executive-editor-the-raw-story-002696/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, ''[[Newsweek]]'' described rawstory.com as: "[[Muckraker#Since 1945|Muck, raked]]: If you're looking for alleged [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] malfeasance, the folks at rawstory.com are frequently [[Scoop (news)|scooping]] the mainstream media."<ref>[http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A130287265/AONE?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=39a1a445 BlogWatch; A weekly mainstream-media snapshot of what's hot (and what's not) in the ever-widening world of Web logs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309063651/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{!}}A130287265&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=39a1a445 |date=March 9, 2024 }}, [[Newsweek]], 21 Mar. 2005, p. 16. Gale Academic OneFile, Accessed 25 Nov. 2022.</ref>

In November 2008, ''Raw Story'' reported that the [[United Mine Workers of America]], which had endorsed [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]], had come to Obama's defense after [[John McCain]]'s [[John McCain 2008 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] criticized him for a comment he had made about coal to the editorial board of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' earlier that January.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Juliano|first=Nick|date=November 3, 2008|title=Miners' union: McCain camp 'twisting the truth' on Obama, coal|url=http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Miners_union_McCain_camp_twisting_truth_1103.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106042705/http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Miners_union_McCain_camp_twisting_truth_1103.html|archive-date=November 6, 2008|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=Raw Story}}</ref> Environmental journalist [[Andrew Revkin]] cited the article by ''Raw Story'' in a post he wrote for ''[[The New York Times]]''<nowiki/>' [[Dot Earth]] blog, and Curtis Brainard, writing in the ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]],'' described the article as "well-done".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brainard|first=Curtis|date=November 4, 2008|title=Coal's Curtain Call|url=https://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/coals_curtain_call.php|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]|language=en|archive-date=December 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223184438/http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/coals_curtain_call.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, ''Raw Story'' was among the first outlets to report on the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] assistant [[Siri]] apparently directing users away from [[Abortion clinic|abortion clinics]] and [[emergency contraception]], instead providing results for the definition of emergency contraception or clinics far from the user.<ref name="NBC1">{{cite news |title=Apple explains why iPhone won't find abortion centers |last1=Golijan |first1=Rosa |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/apple-explains-why-iphone-wont-find-abortion-centers-flna118794 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=December 1, 2011 |accessdate=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917211650/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/apple-explains-why-iphone-wont-find-abortion-centers-flna118794 |url-status=live }}</ref> The assistant, still in [[Software testing|beta testing]] at the time, could, however, provide users with methods to acquire [[Sildenafil|Viagra]] or use [[Escort agency|escort services]].<ref name="PC1">{{cite news |title=Siri, are you anti-abortion? |last1= |first1= |url=https://www.pcmag.com/archive/siri-are-you-anti-abortion-291205 |work=[[PC Magazine]] |date=November 30, 2011 |accessdate=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918220811/https://www.pcmag.com/archive/siri-are-you-anti-abortion-291205 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The same year, ''Raw Story'' was the first to report on a [[United States Air Force]] contract to create fake social media profiles as a means of psychological warfare to be used against terrorist cells.<ref name="Wired1">{{cite magazine |title=Jihadis' Next Online Buddy Could Be a Soldier |last1=Ackerman |first1=Spencer |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/03/jihadis-next-online-buddy-could-be-a-soldier/ |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=March 2, 2011 |accessdate=December 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020222722/https://www.wired.com/2011/03/jihadis-next-online-buddy-could-be-a-soldier/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Telegraph1">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Christopher |title=US military creates fake online personas |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8388603/US-military-creates-fake-online-personas.html |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320183341/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8388603/US-military-creates-fake-online-personas.html |archive-date=March 20, 2011 |date=March 20, 2011}}</ref>

In 2012, then-executive editor Megan Carpentier wrote about undergoing a [[transvaginal ultrasound]] procedure in response to recent legislation in Virginia requiring an ultrasound prior to an abortion procedure.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lowder|first=J. Bryan|date=2012-04-18|title=Transvaginal Ultrasounds: Megan Carpentier Reports|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/04/transvaginal-ultrasounds-and-the-war-on-women-megan-carpentier-reports.html|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Slate Magazine|language=en|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717230836/http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/04/18/transvaginal_ultrasounds_and_the_war_on_women_megan_carpentier_reports.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, [[Jennifer Mascia]] published a column on [[gun violence]] after compiling records for ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 18, 2014|title=Must-reads of the week|url=https://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/must-reads_of_the_week_68.php|access-date=2021-08-25|website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]|language=en|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221114850/http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/must-reads_of_the_week_68.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, Raw Story investigative reporter Jordan Green reported from the ground of the [[Unite the Right rally]], and in 2021 covered the civil trial which resulted in a $25 million judgment against the organizers of the rally. Green had been following the activities of extremist groups, learning their lingo, and communicating with them. He had learned that such groups precisely and strategically plan their violent clashes. "That revelation informs his new work — tracking where January 6th insurrectionists’ anger is now directed and how it may manifest again."<ref name="frontlines">{{cite web |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/at-the-front-lines-on-the-homefront,212640 |title=At the front lines, on the homefront : Domestic extremism deserves astute, relentless coverage, but there are few journalists on the beat |date=January 6, 2022 |website=[[Editor & Publisher]] |first=Gretchen A. |last=Peck |access-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225053231/https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/at-the-front-lines-on-the-homefront,212640 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On February 15, 2021, ''Raw Story'' reported that South Dakota Governor [[Kristi Noem]] had used a state airplane to travel to conservative political events. The report led Democratic lawmakers to formally request that the state's attorney general investigate Noem.<ref name="groves"/>

The outlet has also reported on [[far-right extremists]], including a report on January 6, 2021, hours before [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|the attack on the U.S. Capitol]] that "predicted exactly what would happen," according to ''[[Editor & Publisher]]''.<ref name="EP1">{{multiref2|1={{cite web |title=Behind Raw Story's Progressive Mission |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/behind-raw-storys-progressive-mission,204351 |website=[[Editor & Publisher]] |access-date=October 29, 2021 |language=en |date=October 3, 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016094312/https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/behind-raw-storys-progressive-mission,204351 |url-status=live }}|2={{cite web|url=http://www.blinder.biz/Editor_andPublisher_Episode.pdf|title=Transcript : Episode #105: Behind Raw Story's Progressive Mission|access-date=December 25, 2022|archive-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225053233/http://www.blinder.biz/Editor_andPublisher_Episode.pdf|url-status=live}}}}</ref> ''Raw Story'' was among the first to report on instigators of the riots, including an alleged attempt by the [[Oath Keepers]] to get then-President Trump to declare [[martial law]] using the [[Insurrection Act of 1807|Insurrection Act]].<ref name="Independent1">{{cite news |title=Oath Keepers wanted antifa to attack Capitol so Trump could declare martial law, indictment says |last1=Spocchia |first1=Gino |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oath-keepers-antifa-trump-capitol-riot-b1857096.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=May 31, 2021 |accessdate=November 2, 2021 |url-access=registration|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606234855/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/oath-keepers-antifa-trump-capitol-riot-b1857096.html|archive-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref>

In 2023, ''Raw Story'' was the first outlet to report on the re-indictments of the founders of the [[Rise Above Movement]], a California [[White nationalism|white nationalist]] group known for actively seeking out and engaging in street brawls.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/3adm3j/robert-rundo-indictment-rise-above-movement |title=A Neo-Nazi Street Fighting Gang Leader Was Just Indicted in LA |date=January 6, 2023 |first=Mack |last=Lamoureux |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice Magazine]] |access-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107111147/https://www.vice.com/en/article/3adm3j/robert-rundo-indictment-rise-above-movement |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, ''Raw Story's'' Dave Levinthal was the first to report that cyberthieves stole $690,000 from the campaign of Senator [[Jerry Moran]], and revealed that $150,000 was stolen from the campaign of Rep. [[Troy Nehls]].<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-kansas-city-jerry-moran-77b20f856652279c4756f24f6bb29beb |title=Kansas senator's reelection campaign scammed out of $690K |first=John |last=Hanna |date=January 23, 2023 |website=[[AP News]] |access-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324235835/https://apnews.com/article/politics-kansas-city-jerry-moran-77b20f856652279c4756f24f6bb29beb |url-status=live }}
|2={{cite web |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/jerry-moran/ |title=Cyberthieves jacked a U.S. senator's campaign and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars |first=Dave |last=Levinthal |date=January 20, 2023 |website=Raw Story |access-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301003630/https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/jerry-moran/ |url-status=live }}
|3={{cite web |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/troy-nehls-campaign-wire-theft-17767384.php |title=Houston-area Rep. Troy Nehls' campaign bilked of $150k in wire fraud theft |first=Michael |last=Murney |date=February 6, 2023 |website=[[Houston Chronicle]] |access-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315074452/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/troy-nehls-campaign-wire-theft-17767384.php |url-status=live }}
|4={{cite web |url=https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/cyberthieves-congress/ |title=Crime spree hits one of Trump's top supporters in Congress |first=Dave |last=Levinthal |date=February 6, 2023 |website=Raw Story |access-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301003629/https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/cyberthieves-congress/ |url-status=live }}
}}</ref>

''Raw Story'' investigated a teenage gang linked to a spate of racist vandalism in 2024. Its coverage drew national attention and the ire of neo-Nazis, who organized a protest outside the home of a ''Raw Story'' reporter. "The amount of harassment and threats kind of validates the importance of the story," Green told ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A reporter investigated neo-Nazis. Then they came to his house in masks. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/02/20/raw-story-neo-nazi-journalist-house/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307204501/https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/02/20/raw-story-neo-nazi-journalist-house/ |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |date=February 20, 2024 |first=Will |last=Sommer |work=Washington Post}}</ref>

===False claims===

On February 19, 2018, ''Raw Story'' published a report claiming that [[Russian web brigades|Russian trolls]] co-opting the [[Me Too movement]] had forced [[Minnesota]] senator [[Al Franken]] to resign, and that an article by writer [[Ijeoma Oluo]] had been used as part of the campaign.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Oluo told Snopes that her article had been published after Franken announced his resignation, adding: "I was hoping that the piece would give people context and help people grow from all of this into a better place."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Palma|first=Bethania|date=February 20, 2018|title=Did 'Bots' Force Al Franken to Resign?|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/02/19/bots-force-al-franken-resign/|access-date=June 25, 2021|website=[[Snopes]]|language=en-US|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110041843/https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/02/19/bots-force-al-franken-resign/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Raw Story'' later retracted its report.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Ingram|first=Matthew|date=February 21, 2018|title=The media today: Are Russian trolls behind everything?|url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/russian-trolls.php|access-date=June 25, 2021|website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]|language=en|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204020703/https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/russian-trolls.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2020 United States presidential election]], ''Raw Story'' published an article on November 4, 2020, which claimed that the [[United States Postal Service]] (USPS) had failed to deliver 27 percent of [[Postal voting|mail-in ballots]] in [[South Florida]]. [[PolitiFact]] determined that the figure was based on a misreading of Postal Service data, and the USPS stated that it had skipped some steps to get ballots to election offices faster.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Greenberg|first=Jon|date=November 5, 2020|title=Claim that postal service failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida is 100% wrong|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/blog-posting/claim-postal-service-failed-deliver-27-mail-ballot/|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=[[PolitiFact]]|language=en-US|archive-date=May 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516004047/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/blog-posting/claim-postal-service-failed-deliver-27-mail-ballot/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sadeghi|first=McKenzie|date=November 17, 2020|title=Fact check: False claim that 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida not delivered|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/17/fact-check-false-claim-mail-ballot-delivery-south-florida/6203779002/|access-date=2021-08-21|website=[[USA Today]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821023256/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/17/fact-check-false-claim-mail-ballot-delivery-south-florida/6203779002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to a study by researchers from the [[University of Liverpool]] and [[University of Dundee]], published in the journal ''[[Discourse & Society]]'', the headline in another 2020 article in ''Raw Story'' engaged in the [[Reification (fallacy)|fallacy of ambiguity]] by using "the phrasal verb ‘cashing in on’" to create the appearance of impropriety in reporting on a business owned by [[Jared Kushner]] when, according to Snopes, there was "no evidence that the startup is linked to any public damage".<ref name="dands">{{cite journal |title=From fallacies to semi-fake news: Improving the identification of misinformation triggers across digital media |journal=[[Discourse & Society]] |date=April 23, 2022 |volume=33 |issue=3 |first1=Elena |last1=Musi |first2=Chris |last2=Reed|pages=349–370 |doi=10.1177/09579265221076609 |s2cid=250429139 |doi-access=free }}</ref> According to the researchers, this use of "polysemous terms in news titles ... [is] potentially misleading for the majority of readers who are used to getting their daily news feed scrolling through news titles".<ref name="dands"/>

== Awards and recognition ==

In 2008, the [[Online News Association]] named ''Raw Story'' a finalist in the 2008 [[Online Journalism Award]]s in the "Investigative, Small Site" category for the article "The permanent Republican majority", which revealed improper partisan influence in the prosecution of former Governor [[Don Siegelman]] of [[Alabama]].<ref>{{multiref2|2={{cite news|last1=Alexandrovna|first1=Larisa|author-link1=Larisa Alexandrovna|last2=Kane|first2=Muriel|date=November 18, 2002|title=The permanent Republican majority|work=Raw Story|url=http://rawstory.com/news/2007/The_Permanent_Republican_Majority_1125.html|access-date=December 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201155730/https://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/The_Permanent_Republican_Majority_1125.html|archive-date=December 1, 2008}}|1={{cite web|date=August 4, 2008|title=2008 Online Journalism Awards – Finalists|url=https://awards.journalists.org/winners/2008/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612100013/https://awards.journalists.org/winners/2008/|archive-date=June 12, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2021|website=[[Online News Association]]}}}}</ref>

In 2021, a ''Raw Story'' report by Daniel Newhauser broke the story on South Dakota Governor [[Kristi Noem]]'s use of the state airplane for non-official purposes, which resulted in criminal investigations.<ref name="groves">{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/campaigns-south-dakota-kristi-noem-political-organizations-9c03ef45ca8e9210331f410c964eb8d8 |title=Democratic lawmaker asks AG to investigate Noem's plane use |publisher=[[AP News]] |date=February 25, 2021 |first=Stephen |last=Groves |access-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010013542/https://apnews.com/article/campaigns-south-dakota-kristi-noem-political-organizations-9c03ef45ca8e9210331f410c964eb8d8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.keloland.com/keloland-com-original/author-of-story-on-noems-plane-use-in-2019-following-ag-complaint/ Author of story on Noem's plane use in 2019 following AG complaint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010013558/https://www.keloland.com/keloland-com-original/author-of-story-on-noems-plane-use-in-2019-following-ag-complaint/ |date=October 10, 2022 }}, [[KELO-TV|KELO]], September 7, 2022</ref> The investigative reporting was a finalist for a 2022 [[Society of Professional Journalists]] award which "honors a journalist or news organization for outstanding use of public records in reporting or advocacy of rights such as press freedom and public access."<ref>{{multiref2 |1=[https://spjflorida.com/sunshine-state-awards/ 2022 SPJ Sunshine State Awards], [[Society of Professional Journalists]] Florida chapter|2=[https://spjflorida.com/awards-categories/ 2022 Categories : Special Awards Division], [[Society of Professional Journalists]] Florida chapter}}</ref>

In 2022, ''Raw Story'' won the first place [[EPpy Awards|EPPY Award]] by ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'' in the category "Best news/political blog (1 million or more unique visitors)" for "How I left the far right", an opinion piece by [[Dakota Adams]], son of [[Oath Keepers]]' founder [[Stewart Rhodes]], that described how Adams became disillusioned with the anti-government militia group in the later days of the Trump administration.<ref>{{multiref2 |1={{cite web |url=https://www.eppyawards.com/ |title=2022 EPPY Awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103150913/https://www.eppyawards.com/ |archive-date=November 3, 2022 }} |2={{cite web |url=https://www.rawstory.com/dakota-rhodes/ |title=Opinion : How I left the far right |date=July 12, 2022 |website=Raw Story |access-date=November 16, 2022 |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109174156/https://www.rawstory.com/dakota-rhodes/ |url-status=live }} }}</ref> ''Raw Story'' was also named the best U.S. news and political blog by ''Editor & Publisher'' in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eppy Awards 2023 |url=https://eppyawards.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309224329/https://eppyawards.com/ |archive-date=March 9, 2024 |website=[[Editor & Publisher]] |access-date=March 26, 2024 |year=2023}}</ref>

In 2023, ''Raw Story'' [[investigative reporter]] Jordan Green won the [[Fair Media Council]]'s Folio award for his coverage of the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Folio Awards - Best in News 2023 |website=[[Fair Media Council]] |date=2023 |url=https://www.fairmediacouncil.org/folio-awards/folio-award-winner-list-2023/ |access-date=September 17, 2023 |archive-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918050144/https://www.fairmediacouncil.org/folio-awards/folio-award-winner-list-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2024, ''Raw Story'' won a [[Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing]] Best in Business award for its "Lawmakers, Law Breakers" series, which exposed Democratic and Republican lawmakers who violated U.S. conflict of interest and insider trading laws. It received honorable mentions in two other categories. The series also won the first place inaugural ION Award in 2023, which called the nonpartisan investigation "fair, bold, specific, and thoroughly documented."<ref>{{Multiref2 
|1={{Cite web |title=SABEW Unveils 29th annual BIB Awards Recipients |url=https://sabew.org/2024/03/sabew-unveils-29th-annual-bib-awards-recipients/ |date=March 14, 2024 |website=[[Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing]]}}
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|4={{Cite web |title=Lawmakers, law breakers: 37 members of Congress have violated a conflicts-of-interest law |url=https://www.rawstory.com/congress-stock-act-violations/ |first=Alexandria |last=Jacobson |work=Raw Story |date=November 27, 2003}} }}</ref>

==Reception==

Major media outlets have called ''Raw Story'' an [[Investigative journalism|investigative]] news site,<ref name="ref1"/> [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]],<ref name="ref2"/> [[Left-wing politics|left-leaning]],<ref name="ref3"/> [[Independent media|independent]],<ref name="ref4"/> and an [[Alternative media|alternative]] news site.<ref name="ref5"/> ''Raw Story'' has performed exclusive interviews,<ref name="ref6"/> investigative reporting,<ref name="ref7"/> and has broken many stories.<ref name="ref8"/> ''Raw Story'' articles have been recognized by [[Columbia Journalism Review]] and the [[Associated Press]],<ref name="ref9"/> and been mentioned by other news agencies such as [[Reuters]].<ref name="ref10"/> ''Raw Story'' primarily aggregates stories from around the web web and produces investigative reporting.<ref name="PBP1">{{cite web |last1=Mower |first1=Lawrence |title=Story labeling PBSO chief deputy as racist is fake news |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/story-labeling-pbso-chief-deputy-racist-fake-news/vymFmZZDY34MGTVVldcuFO/ |website=[[Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=November 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806182231/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/story-labeling-pbso-chief-deputy-racist-fake-news/vymFmZZDY34MGTVVldcuFO/ |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |date=November 18, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Raw Story: Exploring new ways to build audience with investigative news, paywalls and partnerships |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/raw-story-exploring-new-ways-to-build-audience-with-investigative-news-paywalls-and-partnerships,248337 |date=February 27, 2024 |first=Diane |last=Sylvester |work=[[Editor & Publisher]] |access-date=April 5, 2024}}</ref>

An August 2017 study by the [[Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society]] found that between May 1, 2015, and November 7, 2016, ''Raw Story'' was the fourth and fifth most popular left-wing news source on [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]], respectively. The study also found that ''Raw Story'' was the 9th most shared media source on Twitter by [[Hillary Clinton]] supporters during the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Faris|first1=Robert M.|last2=Roberts|first2=Hal|last3=Etling|first3=Bruce|last4=Bourassa|first4=Nikki|last5=Zuckerman|first5=Ethan|last6=Benkler|first6=Yochai|date=August 16, 2017|title=Partisanship, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election|url=https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/33759251|access-date=June 25, 2021|website=[[Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society]]|publisher=[[Harvard Library]]|language=en-US|issn=3375-9251|archive-date=October 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023001249/https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/33759251|url-status=live}}</ref> Another study found that rawstory.com also featured prominently on the list of links shared by a [[Internet Research Agency|Russian troll farm]] via Twitter.<ref>Yin, Leon, Franziska Roscher, [[Richard Bonneau]], Jonathan Nagler, and Joshua A. Tucker. "[https://csmapnyu.org/assets/publications/2018_01_IRA_Presidential_Campaign.pdf Your Friendly Neighborhood Troll: The Internet Research Agency's Use of Local and Fake News in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518184034/https://csmapnyu.org/assets/publications/2018_01_IRA_Presidential_Campaign.pdf |date=May 18, 2022 }}." Data report, [[New York University|NYU]] Center for Social Media and Politics (2018).</ref>

In 2009, [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] journalist [[Michael C. Moynihan|Michael Moynihan]] referred to ''Raw Story'' as a "conspiracy-friendly" website.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moynihan|first=Michael|author-link=Michael C. Moynihan|date=July 17, 2009|title=The Assassins Debate|url=https://reason.com/2009/07/17/the-assassins-debate/|access-date=2021-08-25|website=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825070323/https://reason.com/2009/07/17/the-assassins-debate/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, ad verification company [[Blumberg Capital|DoubleVerify]], which helps advertisers select which types of websites their automated online ads might appear on, created a new category called "Inflammatory Politics & News", one of 75 categories. The new category was to include "hardcore conservative and liberal sites", and included rawstory.com as well as several [[Far-right politics|far-right]] websites.<ref>{{multiref2 |1={{Cite news|last=Maheshwari|first=Sapna|author-link=Sapna Maheshwari|date=2016-12-02|title=Ads Show Up on Breitbart and Brands Blame Technology|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/business/media/breitbart-vanguard-ads-follow-users-target-marketing.html|access-date=2021-08-25|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828182020/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/business/media/breitbart-vanguard-ads-follow-users-target-marketing.html|url-status=live}}|2={{Cite magazine|last=Alba|first=Davey|author-link=Davey Alba|date=December 15, 2016|title=Fake News Will Go Away if the Tech Behind the Ads Won't Pay|language=en-US|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/12/fake-news-will-go-away-tech-behind-ads-wont-pay/|access-date=2021-08-25|issn=1059-1028|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804175034/https://www.wired.com/2016/12/fake-news-will-go-away-tech-behind-ads-wont-pay/|url-status=live}}}}</ref> A 2018 report by the [[Oxford Internet Institute]] categorized ''Raw Story'' as one of the "Top 30 Junk News Sources on Twitter."<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last1=Nahema |first1=Marchal |last2=Neudert |first2=Lisa-Maria |last3=Kollanyi |first3=Bence |last4=Howard |first4=Phillip N. |author-link4=Philip N. Howard |date=November 1, 2018 |title=Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption on Social Media During the 2018 US Midterm Elections |url=http://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/comprop/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2018/11/midterms_supplement.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-07-10 |website=Programme on Democracy and Technology |publisher=[[Oxford Internet Institute]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711231218/https://demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2018/11/midterms_supplement.pdf|archive-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref> Some consider ''Raw Story'' a [[Partisan (politics)|hyperpartisan]] media outlet.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last1=Benkler |first1=Yochai |url=https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190923624.001.0001/oso-9780190923624-chapter-2 |title=Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics |last2=Faris |first2=Robert |last3=Roberts |first3=Hal |date=2018-10-18 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-092362-4 |volume=1 |page=72 |language=en |chapter=The Architecture of Our Discontent |doi=10.1093/oso/9780190923624.003.0002 |author-link=Yochai Benkler |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815193654/https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190923624.001.0001/oso-9780190923624-chapter-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite journal |last1=Pennycook |first1=Gordon |last2=Rand |first2=David G. |author-link2=David G. Rand |date=February 12, 2019 |title=Fighting misinformation on social media using crowdsourced judgments of news source quality |url=https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/suppl/2019/01/14/1806781116.DCSupplemental/pnas.1806781116.sapp.pdf |url-status=live |journal=[[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]] |volume=116 |issue=7 |pages=2521–2526 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1806781116 |pmc=6377495 |pmid=30692252 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703031111/https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/suppl/2019/01/14/1806781116.DCSupplemental/pnas.1806781116.sapp.pdf |archive-date=July 3, 2021 |access-date=July 1, 2021 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2019PNAS..116.2521P }}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |last1=Xu |first1=Weiai Wayne |last2=Sang |first2=Yoonmo |last3=Kim |first3=Christopher |date=2020-04-20 |title=What Drives Hyper-Partisan News Sharing: Exploring the Role of Source, Style, and Content |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2020.1761264 |journal=[[Digital Journalism (journal)|Digital Journalism]] |language=en |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=486–505 |doi=10.1080/21670811.2020.1761264 |issn=2167-0811 |s2cid=219764736 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410013618/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2020.1761264 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Verify source|date=October 2022}}

==Staff==

As of June 2023, Roxanne Cooper was publisher and Dave Levinthal was editor-in-chief, Adam Nichols is Executive Editor, Eric W. Dolan is Senior Managing Editor, and Brad Reed is Managing Editor.<ref name="masthead">{{cite web|title=Masthead|url=https://www.rawstory.com/masthead/|access-date=June 1, 2023|website=Raw Story|archive-date=May 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530050550/https://www.rawstory.com/masthead/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="frontlines"/> Editorial staff are members of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Grinapol|first1=Corinne|title=Raw Story Joins the Washington-Baltimore News Guild as Management Voluntarily Recognizes Its Union|url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/raw-story-joins-the-washington-baltimore-news-guild-as-management-voluntarily-recognizes-its-union/|work=[[Adweek]]|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=August 3, 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627225307/https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/raw-story-joins-the-washington-baltimore-news-guild-as-management-voluntarily-recognizes-its-union/|url-status=live}}</ref> Notable former editorial staff include ''[[New York Times]]'' senior staff editor Michael Roston,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 60-second interview: Michael Roston, senior staff editor, social media, The New York Times|url=http://politi.co/1UACsyP|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=[[Politico]]|date=February 26, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> [[NBC News]] political reporter Sahil Kapur,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carney |first1=John |title=Bank of America's Risky WikiLeaks Strategy |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2010/12/02/bank-of-americas-risky-wikileaks-strategy.html |website=[[CNBC]] |access-date=December 6, 2021 |language=en |date=December 2, 2010 |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813145508/https://www.cnbc.com/2010/12/02/bank-of-americas-risky-wikileaks-strategy.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NBC News Author Sahil Kapur |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/author/sahil-kapur-ncpn1123791 |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=December 6, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204082640/https://www.nbcnews.com/author/sahil-kapur-ncpn1123791 |url-status=live }}</ref> and former [[The Village Voice|Village Voice]] executive editor [[Tony Ortega]].<ref name="Adweek1">{{cite news |last1=Horgan |first1=Richard |title=Former Village Voice EIC Tony Ortega Joins Raw Story |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/raw-story-tony-ortega-executive-editor/ |work=Adweek |access-date=December 6, 2021 |date=October 31, 2013 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217163616/https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/raw-story-tony-ortega-executive-editor/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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