Townhall is an American

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website, print magazine and radio news service. Previously published by

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, it is now owned and operated by

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. The website features more than 80 columns (both syndicated and exclusive) by a variety of writers and commentators. The website also publishes news articles from the

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. Townhall also provides five minute radio newscasts around the clock, detailing national and world news items. These newscasts air at the beginning of each hour on many Salem-owned radio stations and on

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, as well as on

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Patriot Channel 125.

History

Townhall was founded on March 2, 1995 as one of the first

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internet communities. In 2005, Townhall.com split off from

. In May 2006,

acquired Townhall.com and relaunched the site with the addition of podcasts of Salem's network and local talk shows, blogs run by Salem talk show hosts and the ability for any user to set up a blog on the Townhall.com network. The website provides an extensive selection of opinion columns and news items presented from a conservative viewpoint. In January 2008, Townhall.com launched ''Townhall Magazine'', a monthly conservative news magazine. In addition to exclusive content for the magazine, ''Townhall Magazine'' carries contributions from Townhall.com readers. In February 2011, Townhall.com re-launched ''TownhallFinance.com'', a daily financial and investment site dedicated to conservative financial commentary, under the editorship of John Ransom. In 2018,

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became editor of the site. It carries commentary from Ransom and

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analyst

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, and carried

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Larry Kudlow Lawrence Alan Kudlow (born August 20, 1947) is an American conservative television personality and financial program host for the Fox network who served as the Director of the National Economic Council during the Trump Administration from 2018 ...

before Kudlow went on leave to become head of the former President's

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and then went on to host his own show on

in February 2021.

Columnists

Townhall.com features commentary by various conservative columnists and guest commentary by politicians. Guest contributors have included

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., and

Lara Trump Lara Lea Trump ( Yunaska; born October 12, 1982) is an American former television producer who is married to Eric Trump, third child of Donald Trump. She was the producer and host of Trump Productions' '' Real News Update'' and a producer of ' ...

Reception

In November 2021, a study by the

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described Townhall as being among "ten fringe publishers" that together were responsible for nearly 70 percent of Facebook user interactions with content that denied climate change. Facebook disputed the study's methodology.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Townhall.Com The Heritage Foundation American political blogs Digital mass media companies Internet properties established in 1995 Salem Media Group properties American conservative websites Climate change denial