Type of site News and opinion Founded April 1, 2015 | Available in English | |
Owner Ingraham Media Group, Inc. | ||
LifeZette is an American news, opinion, and commentary website based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 2015 by conservative pundit and radio host Laura Ingraham. Its slogan being, "Life. Explained.", the website provides news and commentary on politics, lifestyle, and culture, organized into the sections PoliZette, MomZette, HealthZette, FaithZette, and PopZette.
Contents
LifeZette launched in April 2015, and is owned by Ingraham Media Group. Ingraham serves as the publication's editor-in-chief, with Joseph Curl as senior editor.
The website has been criticized for promoting conspiracy theories in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election.
History
LifeZette was launched on March 31, 2015. The site first hired outgoing Daily Caller reporter Neil Munro to be its political editor, but Munro withdrew before the site's launch. Quin Hillyer was enlisted to be its political editor, before he was replaced by Keith Koffler in August 2015. Koffler left the site in May 2016 to work at the Washington Examiner.
Promotion of conspiracy theories
In 2016 LifeZette published a video titled "Clinton Body Count", which promoted conspiracy theories regarding Bill and Hillary Clinton. LifeZette removed the video and later released a statement saying that "[t]he video was made in jest, and merely noted that the theories existed," comparing them to viral videos "left-leaning digital outlets". In September, the website published a since-removed article entitled "10 People Under the Clinton Curse", which stated that it was "hard to deny that being close with the Clintons could kill you."
The website posted a video two weeks before the 2016 Presidential Election on voting machines possibly being compromised because of links to a company tied to liberal billionaire George Soros. The conspiracy theory was also reported in numerous media outlets including The Daily Caller, Fox News, Newsmax, and The Epoch Times.