{{Infobox
| title = [[The Washington Free Beacon]]
| image = [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg|100px|alt=logo]] ''(not part of original row)''
| label2 = source type
| data2 = foobar ''(not part of original row)''
| label3 = publisher
| data3 = Fooland (state-funded media) ''(not part of original row)''
| label5 = website
| data5 =
| label6 = classification
| data6 = [[File:Argentina - NO symbol.svg|20px|Generally unreliable|link=]] Generally unreliable: Editors show consensus that the source is [[WP:QUESTIONABLE|questionable]] in most cases.
}}
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.
== Prior discussions ==
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''Please add links to other significant discussions. When in doubt, read and rely on the discussions themselves, rather than the simple summary.''
* [[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?]]
* Simple summary of prior discussions: '''TBD'''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Washington Free Beacon 2012-2018, Perennial sources}}
==Notes==
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==References==
== 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}}
|}