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 | status		= gu
 | last			= 2025
 | domain1		= freebeacon.com

 | rfc			= [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 478#RFC on the reliability of the Washington Free Beacon|Rfc]]
 | rfcdate		= 2025

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== Summary ==
Most editors considered the ''Washington Free Beacon'' to be generally unreliable as a source during the editorship of [[Matthew Continetti]], particularly for material about BLPs or political topics. There was no consensus to deprecate it in a 2020 discussion, and a 2025 discussion confirmed consensus for its status as generally unreliable.

== Excerpt ==
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===

==== RSN ====
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* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 227#Washington Free Beacon]]

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 291#Using The Washington Free Beacon in politically related BLPs - is it an RS?]]

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=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
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# 2025 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 478#RFC on the reliability of the Washington Free Beacon|Rfc]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-gu" id="The Washington Free Beacon 2012-2018"
| data-sort-value="Washington Free Beacon 2012-2018" | ''[[The Washington Free Beacon]]'' (2012–2018)
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gu}}
| {{rsnl|478|RFC on the reliability of the Washington Free Beacon|2025|rfc=yes}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2025}}
| Most editors considered the ''Washington Free Beacon'' to be generally unreliable as a source during the editorship of [[Matthew Continetti]], particularly for material about BLPs or political topics. There was no consensus to deprecate it in a 2020 discussion, and a 2025 discussion confirmed consensus for its status as generally unreliable.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|freebeacon.com}}
|}