Caldron Pool

{{Short description|Australian Christian conservative news website}}

{{distinguish|Cauldron Pool}}

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| name = Caldron Pool

| logo = Caldron Pool logo.jpg

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| country = Australia

| founder = Ben Davis

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| website_type = Conservative news website

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| language = English

| launched = {{start date and age|2017|10}}

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| content_licence = All rights reserved

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| website = {{url|caldronpool.com}}

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Caldron Pool is an Australian Christian conservative news website,{{cite web |last1=Flood |first1=Brian |title=Video shows Democratic leaders, liberal pundits cheering and condoning violence against political opponents |date=31 August 2020 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/video-shows-democratic-leaders-liberal-pundits-cheering-and-condoning-violence-against-political-opponents |publisher=Fox News |accessdate=1 September 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Hannah|last2=Wilson|first2=Cameron |title=As Australia Burned, Climate Change Denialism Got A Boost On Facebook |date=22 January 2020 |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/facebook-australia-bushfires-climate-change-deniers-facebook |publisher=BuzzFeed |accessdate=1 September 2020}} launched in October 2017 by Ben Davis.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-21|title=What is the Narnia-inspired Caldron Pool and is it fomenting 'Christian nationalism' in Australia?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/what-is-the-narnia-inspired-caldron-pool-and-is-it-fomenting-christian-nationalism-in-australia|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-24|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921194431/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/what-is-the-narnia-inspired-caldron-pool-and-is-it-fomenting-christian-nationalism-in-australia |archive-date=2021-09-21 }} Caldron Pool is named after a lake in the fictional land of Narnia.

According to Media Matters for America, Caldron Pool is one of a number of news sites who have "obsessively reported on trans athletes", and has labelled it as an anti-LGBT right-wing media.{{cite web |last1=January |first1=Brianna |title=Anti-LGBTQ media laid the groundwork for Idaho to legislate against trans athletes |date=17 March 2020 |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/alliance-defending-freedom/anti-lgbtq-media-laid-groundwork-idaho-legislate-against-trans-athletes |publisher=Media Matters for America |accessdate=1 September 2020}}