Talk:Mediaite

"conservative" dispute
There is no hard reference to cite for Mediaite's "conservatism." You cannot say they are conservative because of a few content-shared articles with the DC...and because you recall one article (without citing it, of course) where former editor Colby Hall supposedly called FNC "unbiased." Hall often ran into trouble with FNC for criticizing the network's coverage...and other editors have gone lengths to defend MSNBC coverage. Tommy Christopher is decidedly liberal, and plays a large part in the website's editorial decisions. Frances Martel is a self-described "libertarian," which is not exactly "conservative."

If you are so insistent upon calling Mediaite a "right-wing" website, then create a new section called "Allegations of Bias," and include references to encyclopedic articles that allege Mediaite's bias. OR link to articles where Mediaite writers CLEARLY state their right-wing perspective. Of course, this ignores the several Mediaite editors who are self-declared liberals.

But consider a compromise instead of insisting upon a "conservative" label.


 * As a third-party user, I'd like to add that the verifiability policy makes this issue fairly simple. If you can find a reliable source that explicitly claims that Mediaite is conservative, include it. If you can't, you may not include it. It is not wise to engage in edit wars that hurt the encyclopedia and those who read it. Remember that making three reverts to a page in a 24-hour period can result in being blocked from editing. You may discuss the issue here by providing relevant citations that do or don't substantiate the claim to conservatism. NTox · talk 05:00, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

I would like to remove the "conservative" description of the site as quoted material in the article by the former editor calling it somewhere between Huffington Post and Gawker hardly make it a "conservative" site. Not to mention it is owned by MSNBC Alum Dan Abrams (Democrat) and is edited by liberals like Tommy Christopher. I don't see why we can't leave out the description of liberal, conservative, libertarian, leftist etc. if there's no reliable source to call it conservative. Why is it even in the article?
 * Let's see, you oppose labeling a clearly conservative leaning website, while simultaneously labeling two people as a Democrat and "liberal", respectively, without providing any source or evidence to do so... me thinks you have a little bit of bias regarding this issue. yonnie (talk) 17:17, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I have to agree. Just because Dan Abrams was employed by MSNBC doesn't mean he's a Democrat. Joe Scarborough is employed by MSNBC and is clearly a Republican. Tucker Carlson and Pat Buchanan are also former MSNBC employees and they were not Democrats. As far as Mediaite's political leanings, any rational person who spends 5 minutes on the site can see that most of the writers lean to the right, and in some cases the extreme right. SonOfThornhill (talk) 18:44, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Agree with the above - Mediaite is unquestionably conservative, but not stridently so in the manner of a News Corp publication. I'd say their editorial position is similar to that of P.J. O'Rourke's: Right of center, as shown

This issue seems to be coming up again. Many consider Mediaite a conservative site. Rachael Maddow, Joy Reid and others have repeatedly referred to as conservative or right leaning. Maybe the description doesn't belong in the lead but maybe there should be a section "Political Leanings" somewhere further down in the article. SonOfThornhill (talk) 13:27, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Pronunciation of site name
It may be helpful to add an IPA guide to pronouncing this company's name. I haven't been able to determine if it's supposed to be "media-ite" or "mediate". Any thoughts? Ostronomer (talk) 00:36, 30 Nov 2016 (UTC)

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Mediaite’s "Most Influential In News Media" Section
This should probably be moved to its own article.

While the fact that Mediaite publishes this list is totally relevant, maybe publishing the rankings is not.

Maybe add some prominent example of some recurring names on the list, but then move the actual total list to it's own page.

Dranomartini (talk) 16:38, 24 October 2020 (UTC)