Conservative Review

Abbreviation| CR
Formation| 2014
Type| News media
Political commentary
Headquarters| Houston, Texas, U.S.

Region served

| United States

Editor-in-chief

| Mark Levin

Main organ

| Liberty Score

Parent organization

| Blaze Media
Website| www.conservativereview.com

The Conservative Review is an American website and brand owned and operated by Blaze Media. It was founded in 2014 by a group of conservative political operatives. The site's stated goal is to "cut through the talking points and the smoke and mirrors ... [by employing] two main tools: the Liberty Score and our conservative commentary."[1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Score and profiles
* 3 Targeting of foreign policy officials
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

This article is part of a series on

Conservatism in
the United States

Schools

* Compassionate
* Fiscal
* Fusion
* Libertarian
* Movement
* Neo
* Nationalist
* Paleo
* Social
* Traditional

Principles

* American exceptionalism
* Classical liberalism
* Family values
* Free market
* Free trade
* Judeo-Christian values
* Limited government
* Moral absolutism
* Natural law
* Pax Americana
* Republicanism
* Rule of law
* Tradition

History

* Bourbon Democrat
* Conservative coalition
* Conservative Democrat
* Conservative Manifesto
* Loyalists
* Modern timeline
* New Right
* Old Right
* Overview
* Rockefeller Republican
* Southern Agrarians

People

* Abrams
* Adelson
* Agnew
* Ailes
* Alito
* Amash
* Anton
* Armey
* Armitage
* Arpaio
* Ashcroft
* Atwater
* Babbtt
* Bachmann
* Baker
* Bakker (Jim)
* Bakker (Tammy Faye)
* Bannon
* Barbour
* Barr
* Barrack
* Beck
* Benson
* Bevin
* Blackburn
* Blackwell
* Blankenship
* Boehner
* Bolton
* Bond
* Bork
* Bossie
* Boykin
* Bozell Jr.
* Bradford
* Bradley
* Branstad
* Brat
* Breitbart
* Brewer
* Broidy
* Brooks
* Brownback
* Buchanan
* Buckley Jr.
* Bundy
* Burger
* Burnham
* Burns
* Bush 41
* Bush 43
* Bush (George P.)
* Bush (Jeb)
* Bush (Prescott)
* Cain
* Cantor
* Card
* Carlson (Gretchen)
* Carlson (Tucker)
* Carson
* Cernovich
* Chambers
* Cheney
* Christie
* Cleveland
* Coburn
* Cohn
* Colson
* Conway (George)
* Conway (Kellyanne)
* Corker
* Cotton
* Coolidge
* Coors (Holly)
* Coors (Joseph)
* Coors (Pete)
* Coulter
* Clarke
* Crowder
* Cruz
* Cuccinelli
* Curtis
* DeLay
* DeMint
* Derbyshire
* Dewey
* Dice
* diGenova
* Dirksen
* Dobbs
* Dobson
* Dolan (Terry)
* Dolan (Timothy)
* Dole
* Donohue
* D'Souza
* Duggar
* Dulles (Allen)
* Dulles (John Foster)
* Eastland
* Earhardt
* Eastwood
* Elder
* Eisenhower
* Erickson
* Falwell
* Falwell Jr.
* Feulner
* Fiorina
* Fischer
* Fleming
* Forbes
* Ford
* Francis
* Friedman
* Friess
* Frist
* Frum
* Gaetz
* Gates
* Gerson
* Gianforte
* Gingrich
* Gohmert
* Gottfried
* Goldberg
* Goldwater
* Gonzales
* Gorka
* Gorsuch
* Goss
* Gowdy
* Graham (Billy)
* Graham (Franklin)
* Graham (Lindsey)
* Grant
* Grassley
* Guilfoyle
* Giuliani
* Hagee
* Haig
* Hamm
* Hannity
* Hastert
* Hasselbeck
* Hatch
* Helms
* Hewitt
* Hicks
* Hoover
* Hoppe
* Horowitz
* Holmes
* Huckabee
* Hunt
* Huntsman
* Icahn
* Ingraham
* Jaffa
* Jeffress
* Jindal
* Johnson
* Jones
* Jordan
* Kasich
* Kavanaugh
* Kelly
* Kemp
* Kennedy
* Keyes
* King (Alveda)
* King (Steve)
* Kirk
* Kirkpatrick
* Kissinger
* Klayman
* Knowland
* Kobach
* Koch (Charles)
* Koch (David)
* Koch (Fred)
* Krauthammer
* Kristol (Bill)
* Kristol (Irving)
* Kushner
* Laffer
* Lahren
* LaPierre
* Lee
* LeMay
* Leo
* Levin
* Lewandowski
* Limbaugh
* Lindbergh
* Lodge
* Loesch
* Lott
* Lowry
* Luce
* Maddox
* Malkin
* Manafort
* Mason
* Massie
* McCain
* McCarthy (Joseph)
* McCarthy (Kevin)
* McCloy
* McConnell
* McCurtain
* McEnany
* McDaniel
* McDonald
* McFarlane
* McMahon (Linda)
* McMahon (Vince)
* Meadows
* Meese
* Mercer (Rebekah)
* Mercer (Robert)
* Meyer
* Miller
* Moore
* Mueller
* Mullin
* Mulvaney
* Murchison
* Murdoch
* Napolitano
* Negroponte
* Nixon
* Nehlen
* Noonan
* Norquist
* North
* Novak
* Nugent
* Nunes
* O'Keefe
* Oliver
* Olson (Barbara)
* Olson (Theodore)
* O'Reilly
* Osborne
* Osteen
* Owens
* Pataki
* Parscale
* Palin
* Patton
* Paul (Rand)
* Paul (Ron)
* Peale
* Pearson
* Pence
* Perkins
* Perot
* Perry
* Peterson
* Phillips
* Pierson
* Pipes
* Podhoretz (John)
* Podhoretz (Norman)
* Pompeo
* Porterfield
* Powell
* Prager
* Price
* Priebus
* Rand
* Reagan
* Reed
* Rice
* Rivera
* Roberts (John)
* Roberts (Oral)
* Robertson (Pat)
* Robertson (Phil)
* Rockefeller
* Romney
* Rock
* Rove
* Ryan
* Rubio
* Rumsfield
* Ruffin
* Russell Jr.
* Sanders
* Sanford
* Santorum
* Sailer
* Sasse
* Savage
* Scaife
* Scalia
* Scalise
* Scaramucci
* Schlafly
* Schlesinger
* Scott (Darrell)
* Scott (Tim)
* Sekulow
* Sessions
* Shapiro
* Sheldon
* Shultz
* Skousen
* Smith
* Sobran
* Sowell
* Starr
* Stevens
* Stimson
* Stoddard
* Strauss
* Stone
* Taft (Robert A.)
* Taft (William Howard)
* Tantaros
* Tebow
* Thiel
* Thomas
* Thompson (Fred)
* Thompson (Tommy)
* Thune
* Thurmond
* Toensing
* Toomey
* Trump (Donald)
* Trump (Ivanka)
* Trump (Lara)
* Trump Jr.
* Tuberville
* Tyrrell
* Van Drew
* Varney
* Vandenberg
* Viguerie
* Volpe
* Walker
* Walsh
* Wayne
* Weaver
* Weinberger
* Welch Jr.
* West
* Weyrich
* Whitaker
* White (Dana)
* White (Paula)
* Whitman
* Wolfowitz
* Will
* Williams (Armstrong)
* Williams (Walter E.)
* Wilson
* Wynn

Parties

* American Party
* American Independent Party
* Conservative Party of New York State
* Constitution Party
* Democratic Party (early)
* Federalist Party
* Libertarian Party
* Native American Party
* Prohibition Party
* Reform Party
* Republican Party (modern)
* States' Rights Democratic Party

Think tanks

* Acton Institute
* Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
* American Enterprise Institute
* Center for Immigration Studies
* Center for Security Policy
* Center for the National Interest
* Charles Koch Institute
* Claremont Institute
* Competitive Enterprise Institute
* David Horowitz Freedom Center
* Discovery Institute
* Ethics and Public Policy Center
* Family Research Institute
* Gatestone Institute
* The Heartland Institute
* The Heritage Foundation
* Hoover Institution
* Hudson Institute
* Intercollegiate Studies Institute
* Institute on the Constitution
* Manhattan Institute
* Mises Institute
* Pacific Research Institute
* Project for the New American Century
* Ripon Society
* R Street Institute
* Rockford Institute
* State Policy Network
* Tax Foundation

Other organizations

* ACT! for America
* Alliance Defending Freedom
* American Center for Law & Justice
* American Family Association
* American Liberty League
* Arlington Group
* Chalcedon Foundation
* Christian Coalition of America
* Christian Voice
* Club for Growth
* Concerned Women for America
* ConservAmerica
* The Conservative Caucus
* Council of Conservative Citizens
* Council for National Policy
* Eagle Forum
* Faith and Freedom Coalition
* Family Research Council
* Federalist Society
* Federation for American Immigration Reform
* The Fellowship
* Focus on the Family
* Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
* Foundation for Moral Law
* Freedom Caucus
* Freedom Partners
* FreedomWorks
* Gun Owners of America
* Independent Women's Forum
* John Birch Society
* John M. Olin Foundation
* Judicial Watch
* Leadership Institute
* Liberty Lobby
* Log Cabin Republicans
* Media Research Center
* Moral Majority
* National Conservative PAC
* National Federation of Independent Business
* National Organization for Marriage
* National Rifle Association
* National Right to Life Committee
* National Taxpayers Union
* NumbersUSA
* Oath Keepers
* Philadelphia Society
* Regnery Publishing
* Republican Main Street Partnership
* Republican Study Committee
* Second Amendment Caucus
* Susan B. Anthony List
* Tea Party Patriots
* Turning Point USA
* Traditional Values Coalition
* United States Chamber of Commerce
* Young America's Foundation
* Young Americans for Liberty
* Youth for Western Civilization

Media

* American Affairs
* The American Conservative
* The American Spectator
* American Renaissance
* American Thinker
* Blaze Media
* Breitbart News
* Campus Reform
* Chicago Tribune
* CBN
* City Journal
* Claremont Review of Books
* CNSNews.com
* Commentary
* Conservative Review
* Chronicles
* Daily Caller
* Daily Signal
* Daily Wire
* Dallas Morning News
* Drudge Report
* The Federalist
* First Things
* Fox Business
* Fox News
* FrontPage Magazine
* Front Porch Republic
* Gateway Pundit
* Hot Air
* Human Events
* Independent Journal Review
* InfoWars
* Jewish World Review
* Jihad Watch
* Las Vegas Review-Journal
* LifeSiteNews
* LifeZette
* Modern Age
* National Affairs
* The National Interest
* National Review
* The New American
* The New Criterion
* NewsBusters
* Newsmax
* New York Observer
* New York Post
* One America News Network
* PanAm Post
* Policy Review
* Power Line
* PragerU
* PJ Media
* Rare
* Real News Update
* RedState
* RSBN
* Sinclair Broadcast Group
* The Spotlight
* Taki's Magazine
* Townhall
* TruthRevolt
* Twitchy
* VDARE
* The Wall Street Journal
* Washington Examiner
* The Washington Free Beacon
* The Washington Times
* The Weekly Standard
* The Western Journal
* WorldNetDaily

Variants and movements

* Asian and Pacific Islander conservatism
* Black conservatism
* Christian right
* Conservative Democrats
* Female conservatism
* Green conservatism
* LGBT conservatism
* Libertarian conservatism
* Libertarian Republicans
* Patriot movement
* Radical Right
* Right-libertarianism
* Tea Party movement

See also

* American nationalism
* Bibliography
* Libertarianism
* List

* v
* t
* e

On September 1, 2015, conservative commentator and radio host Mark Levin was announced as the editor-in-chief of Conservative Review.[2] After starting his show Life, Liberty & Levin on Fox News Channel, Levin stepped away from his editor-in-chief position at Conservative Review.

In October 2016, Conservative Review announced the launch of CRTV, an online television network, with shows by Mark Levin, Michelle Malkin, Steven Crowder, Mark Steyn, Gavin McInnes, Steve Deace,[3] and Matt Kibbe.[4] Steyn's show was cancelled in February 2017.[5] Gavin McInnes joined the lineup in September 2017, and left in December 2018.[6][7] Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson joined the lineup in October 2017.[8] Eric Bolling joined the lineup in summer 2018.[9]

On December 3, 2018, CRTV, LLC – the owner of Conservative Review and CRTV – announced that it had merged with TheBlaze to form BlazeTV and the new underlying entity Blaze Media. The Conservative Review website continues to be operated separately.[10][11]

## Score and profiles

Conservative Review assigns each federal officeholder a grade based on their "Liberty Score", which is a grade based on the top 50 votes that that officeholder has taken in the duration of a rolling 6-year window, rather than just the last election-cycle.

According to Conservative Review, the rolling six-year window is "a more accurate picture of a lawmaker’s performance than traditional one- or two-year scoring methods. Scores are determined by points earned divided by potential points. Voting with the conservative position earns one point; voting against the conservative position earns nothing. Missed votes are not included in a member’s score."[12]

The Liberty Score has apparently not been updated since March of 2023.[13]

## Targeting of foreign policy officials

After Donald Trump took office, the Conservative Review was one of a number of conservative media outlets that engaged in a campaign to single out career government employees that they saw as being a part of a "deep state", or "so-called Obama holdovers".[14] The Conservative Review accused Anne Patterson, former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, of having "fully embraced the policies of President Obama that aligned with radical Islamic actors and alienated Israel."[14] It said that one State Department official was "leftist", citing as evidence retweets by the official of articles critical of Trump, but ignoring retweeted articles friendly to Trump.[15] Many of the articles targeting foreign policy officials were written by Jordan Schachtel, who had previously written for the far-right website Breitbart News.[15]

In March 2017, the Conservative Review targeted an Iran expert at the State Department named Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, who was involved in crafting the Iran nuclear agreement. One article of this agreement, which had suggested that she was a traitorous stooge surreptitiously working on behalf of the Iranian regime, was then forwarded by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to an aide of then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, with Gingrich writing, "I thought you should be aware of this." Internal emails show that White House staff then proceeded to look into how to fire Nowrouzzadeh, who was hired by the George W. Bush administration, worked nearly a decade in national security, and won awards from the Departments of Defense and State, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the F.B.I, emailed her supervisor where she explained that the article was "filled with misinformation". Nowrouzzadeh noted that she was hired by the Bush administration and that "I’ve adapted my work to the policy priorities of every administration I have worked for." While serving under Secretary of State John Kerry, she often advocated a harsher position vis-a-vis Iran than he did. A Trump administration deputy, Edward Lacey, dismissed her email, saying she was among "Obama/Clinton loyalists not at all supportive of President Trump’s foreign policy agenda." Following the publication of the Conservative Review article, Nowrouzzadeh received death threats. Nowrouzzadeh asked the State Department to publish a rebuttal to the article, but her request was rejected. In April 2017, the State Department reassigned her to the "bureaucratic equivalent of Siberia". Nowrouzzadeh alleged unlawful discrimination, and the State Department later settled with her.[16]

## References

1. ↑ "About Conservative Review" (in en-US). https://www.conservativereview.com/about-conservative-review/.
2. ↑ "Firebrand talk host Mark Levin to lead Conservative Review" (in en). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2015/09/01/firebrand-talk-host-mark-levin-to-lead-conservative-review/81234112/.
3. ↑ Calmes, Jackie (November 3, 2015). "Steve Deace and the Power of Conservative Media". The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/magazine/steve-deace-and-the-power-of-conservative-radio.html.
4. ↑ CRTV. "CRTV About Us". https://www.crtv.com/about.
5. ↑ Markay, Lachlan (30 January 2017). "Inside the Collapse of the Mark Steyn Show". http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/14/inside-the-collapse-of-the-mark-steyn-show.
6. ↑ Get Off My Lawn Debut Episode | Part 1 – CRTV, https://www.crtv.com/video/get-off-my-lawn-debut-episode--part-1, retrieved 2017-09-22
7. ↑ Levine, Jon (December 10, 2018). "Blaze TV Hosts Michelle Malkin, Gavin McInnes Out After CRTV Merger". TheWrap. https://www.thewrap.com/blaze-tv-hosts-michelle-malkin-gavin-mcinnes-out-after-crtv-merger/.
8. ↑ "Phil Robertson is Back", crtv.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
9. ↑ Pandolfo, Chris (May 3, 2018). "Eric Bolling joins CRTV: 'I promise it will be bold, brash, and all Bolling'". Conservative Review. https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/eric-bolling-joins-crtv-promise-will-bold-brash-bolling/.
10. ↑ "TheBlaze and CRTV Merge to Create Conservative Media Powerhouse (Exclusive)" (in en). The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/glenn-beck-mark-levin-create-conservative-media-powerhouse-1165665.
11. ↑ Darcy, Oliver (3 December 2018). "Glenn Beck's TheBlaze and CRTV merge to create conservative media company Oliver Darcy". CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/03/media/crtv-blaze-merger/index.html.
12. ↑ "FAQ" (in en-US). Conservative Review. https://www.conservativereview.com/faq/.
13. ↑ "Example Liberty Score for Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH)" (in en-US). Conservative Review. https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/mike-carey.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Trump's Trolls Are Waging War on America's Civil Servants" (in en). https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/10/trumps-trolls-are-waging-war-on-americas-civil-servants/.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Federal staffers panicked by conservative media attacks". Politico. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/government-employees-conservative-media-236321.
16. ↑ Osnos, Evan (2018-05-14). "Trump vs. the "Deep State"" (in en). The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/21/trump-vs-the-deep-state. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

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