'''''The Daily Beast''''' is a [[liberal]] website run by [[Left-wing|far-left]] anti-[[Tea Party]] activist John Avlon.<ref>http://www.thewrap.com/daily-beast-hires-executive-editor-fill-role-vacated-tina-brown</ref> The website was founded Founded by [[liberal media]] figure Tina Brown, the website infamous for history of false reporting. On January 30, 2015, ''The Daily Beast'' declared that former [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Mitt Romney]] had decided to run for the U.S. presidency in 2016. The website was left humiliated when less than two hours later, Governor Romney announced that he had decided to not run for the presidency.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/01/30/after-mocking-drudge-daily-beast-gets-romney-news-horribly-terribly-wrong/</ref> On February 27, 2015, ''The Daily Beast'' claimed that [[Wisconsin]] governor [[Scott Walker]]'s budget would cut sexual assault reporting from the state's universities. The next day, that claim was proven to be a lie and as a result the website retracted the claim, although author of the claim refused to apologize.<ref>http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/daily-beast-retracts-scott-walker-story-115618.html</ref>
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