| Type | State and local government reporting |
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| Owner(s) | Franklin News Foundation |
| Founded | September 2009 |
| Political alignment | Conservative |
| Language | English |
| Readership | 700,000 subscribers[1] |
| Website | www |
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| Conservatism in the United States |
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The Center Square, formerly Watchdog.org, is a conservative American news website that features reporting on state and local governments.[2][3] It is a project of the Franklin News Foundation, a conservative online news organization.[2][4] The Center Square distributes its content through a newswire service.
As Watchdog.org, it broke a story about website data inaccuracies for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that appeared to show "phantom congressional districts".[5][6]
- ^ "Annual Report 2022 for Web" (PDF). Franklin News Foundation. 2023.[dead link]
- ^ a b Peters, Justin (September 13, 2012). "'Serious, point-of-view journalism'? A look at the most ambitious conservative news organization you've never heard of". Columbia Journalism Review. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ "About Us". The Center Square. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Did "Phantom" Districts Get Stimulus Cash?". Associated Press. November 18, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ Abowd, Paul (February 14, 2013). "Koch-funded charity passes money to free-market think tanks in states". Center for Public Integrity. Retrieved August 5, 2023 – via NBC News.