The Washington Free Beacon is an American web site that publishes news and associated content from a conservative perspective...

The site is noted for its aggressive, ideologically driven reporting, modeled after liberal counterparts in the media such as Think Progress and Talking Points Memo.[SUP][2][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] Jack Hunter, a staff member of U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s office, resigned in 2013 after a Free Beacon report detailing his past as a radio shock jock known as the “Southern Avenger” who wore a luchador mask of the Confederate flag.[SUP][5][/SUP] The publication also broke several stories about former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s successful 1975 legal defense of an accused ****** that attracted national media attention.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP]
The New York Times described the Free Beacon’s reporting as “gleeful evisceration.”[SUP][7][/SUP] However, its tactics have also led to attacks from media critics and watchdog groups. The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf called the Free Beacon’s stated mission “decadent and unethical.”[SUP][8][/SUP] Liberal Media Matters for America founder David Brock sent a letter to news organizations in 2014 saying, “If credible media outlets regard the unethical practices of The Free Beacon as valid, all of journalism will be debased."[SUP][9][/SUP]