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Ken LaCorte
Born (1965-02-05) February 5, 1965 (age 59)
Fox News Channel
Political partyRepublican

Ken LaCorte (born February 5, 1965)

Liberal Edition News, and LaCorte News.[2]

Early life and education

LaCorte was born in Alhambra, California on February 5, 1965.[1] He attended Claremont McKenna College[3][4] and earned a bachelor's degree in government in 1987.[1] He received a master’s degree in professional studies, in 1988 from the State University of New York.[1]

Career

LaCorte began his career as a communications specialist.

National Rifle Association of America, generally opposed to stricter gun legislation.[5]

In 1997, he challenged

sex offenders and published them online. In 2004, California officially published the Megan's Law database on the internet.[6]

LaCorte worked in senior management

Olaf Wiig.[10][11]

Alleged Fox News Trump Cover-up

In March 2019,

better source needed] Nik Richie, who claimed to be one of the sources for the Falzone story, called LaCorte's account "complete bullshit," adding “Fox News was culpable. I voted for Trump, and I like Fox, but they did their own ‘catch and kill’ on the story to protect him.”[7]

Launch of news websites

After LaCorte left Fox News at the end of 2016,[7] he partnered with John Moody, another former Fox News executive and longtime ally of Roger Ailes, to form LaCorte News in 2018.[13] LaCorte also recruited former NPR editorial director Michael Oreskes to join him and Moody to launch LaCorte News in 2019 as a digital news startup with the stated goal of "restoring faith in media."[14]

In November 2019, a New York Times report alleged that LaCorte used "Russian tactics" to push inflammatory content on websites Conservative Edition News and Liberal Edition News which he controlled. LaCorte's ownership of the sites was not known until the Times investigation, which was jointly conducted with the Virginia security firm Nisos.[2] The investigation found no ties between LaCorte and Russia, and stated: "Security experts said the adoption of Russian tactics by profit-motivated Americans had made it much harder to track disinformation." LaCorte defended himself to the Times, saying that he ran the politically-charged sites as a way to drive traffic to his centrist site LaCorte News. LaCorte said “I wanted to try to find middle ground.”[2] LaCorte admitted that he had been secretly operating the partisan websites and had hired Macedonian teenagers to write the content.[9]

In late November 2019, the Facebook pages for LaCorte's Conservative Edition News and Liberal Edition News were shut down for terms of service violations that included manipulation of site privileges and engagement with well-known Macedonian “troll farms”.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "The following candidates are running in the Valley's primary election on Tuesday". Los Angeles Times. 1998-05-31. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  2. ^ a b c d Perlroth, Nicole (21 November 2019). "A Former Fox News Executive Divides Americans Using Russian Tactics". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "News Corp Ltd-cl B : Ken Lacorte Named Vice President and Senior Executive Producer of Foxnews.com". MarketScreener. November 15, 2006. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  4. ^ a b "Galleria Opportunities to Complete RTO With QYOU Media and Raise $4 Million". Bloomberg. 2017-02-17. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  5. ^ "Jack Scott (D) vs. Ken LaCorte (R)". Los Angeles Times. October 9, 1998. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Rath, Tiare (August 14, 1997). ""Megan's law" taken online". CNET. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  7. ^ a b c d Mayer, Jane (March 4, 2019). "The Making of the Fox News White House". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  8. ^ Banco, Erin; Baragona, Justin; Rawnsley, Adam; Howell, Jordan (2020-10-23). "Notorious Former Fox Exec at Center of Attempted Hunter Biden Takedown". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  9. ^ a b Katz, A. J. (November 22, 2019). "Former Fox News Exec Ken LaCorte Admits to Hiring Writers to Create Inflammatory Content for Partisan Websites". Adweek. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  10. ^ Estrella, Cicero A. (August 22, 2006). "Family fears for U.S. journalist kidnapped in Gaza Strip / Captors unknown, and no demands have been made". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  11. ^ "Wiig family's fears mount". NZ Herald. August 20, 2006. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  12. ^ "Former Head of FoxNews.Com Denies Trump-Porn Star Story Was Ignored: 'Easy Call to Make'".
  13. ^ Bond, Paul (2018-05-24). "Former Fox News Execs to Launch Digital Outlet: "We're Not Breitbart Lite"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  14. ^ Schwartz, Jason (December 18, 2018). "Ousted NPR news chief, ex-Fox News execs team up on new site". Politico. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  15. ^ Zakrzewski, Cat (November 22, 2019). "The Technology 202: Bits, Nibbles and Bytes". The Washington Post.
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