The American Spectator
| Editor | R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. |
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| Categories | Politics |
| Founder | George Nathan Truman Newberry |
| First issue | 1967 |
| Company | American Spectator Foundation |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Website | spectator |
| ISSN | 0148-8414 |
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| Conservatism in the United States |
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The American Spectator is a conservative American magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. It was founded in 1967 by Tyrrell (the current editor-in-chief) and Wladyslaw Pleszczynski (its editorial director as of 1980).
The magazine has featured the writings of the several authors such as Malcolm Gladwell, Greg Gutfeld and Dinesh D'Souza. Current frequently contributing writings include Daniel Flynn, Paul Kengor, Robert Stacy McCain, Scott McKay, George Neumayr, and George Parry.
It gained popularity in the 1990s during its investigation of Bill Clinton under what became known as its Arkansas Project. During this same time period, The American Spectator received a $1.8 million donation from Richard Mellon Scaife. Despite this success, the magazine has not been able to maintain the circulation it reached at this time and has since been accused of "hit jobs", lack of corroboration, and denial of the scientific consensus around global warming.