" Western Journalism was blacklisted by Google and Apple News, and by 2017 its Facebook traffic declined to near zero.[7]
In February 2019, The Western Journal published an article which alleged “Climate Change ‘Heat Records’ Are a Huge Data Manipulation.” Scientists criticized the article, saying it was deceptive and that it contradicted existing research. The Western Journal subsequently retracted the article.[11]
In November 2021, a study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate described The Western Journal as being among “ten fringe publishers” that together were responsible for nearly 70 percent of Facebook user interactions with content that denied climate change. Facebook disputed the study’s methodology.[12][13]“