Patrick Howley

{{short description|American journalist}}

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Patrick Howley (born 1989) is an American reporter.{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Brian |last2=Copp |first2=Tara |last3=Alexander |first3=Ames |title=U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham admits to sexting with California strategist |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article246191610.html |accessdate=4 October 2020 |publisher=News & Observer |date=October 2, 2020}} He is the former editor-in-chief of Big League Politics.{{cite news |last1=Beaujon |first1=Andrew |title=Patrick Howley Has Left Big League Politics {{!}} Washingtonian (DC) |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/07/25/patrick-howley-has-left-big-league-politics/ |accessdate=4 October 2020 |work=Washingtonian |date=25 July 2019}}

Howley has been a reporter for Breitbart News in Washington, D.C.,{{cite web|author=Betsy Rothstein|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/howley-out-at-free-beacon-in-at-daily-caller_b90787|title=Howley: Out at Free Beacon, in at Daily Caller|website=Mediabistro.com|date=2012-12-04|accessdate=2016-08-17}}{{cite news | author1 = Rosie Gray | title = Breitbart Alumni Launch 'Populist-Nationalist' Group | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/breitbart-alumni-launch-populist-nationalist-group/513098/ | work = The Atlantic | date = 2017-01-13 | accessdate = 2019-01-04}} The Washington Free Beacon, and The Daily Caller. He previously was an assistant editor for The American Spectator.{{cite web|url=http://spectator.org/people/patrick-howley/all|title=Patrick Howley|accessdate=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017093941/http://spectator.org/people/patrick-howley/all|archivedate=October 17, 2012}} He has written for National File and The Epoch Times.

In January 2017, Howley left Breitbart to start the far-right website Big League Politics. He has been criticized for his style of journalism and satire.{{cite news |title=How not to occupy the street |first=Alexandra |last=Petri |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/how-not-to-occupy-the-street--patrick-crowley-versus-story-truth/2011/10/10/gIQATUChaL_blog.html|newspaper=Washington Post |date=October 10, 2011 }}{{cite news|title=The reporter behind those disgusting tweets has a weird, sexist sense of humor|first=Tom|last=Kludt|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/patrick-howley-sexist-humor|newspaper=Talking Points Memo|date=March 20, 2014}}{{cite news|title=Meet Patrick Howley: The Daily Caller's Resident Sexist|first=Hannah|last=Groch-Begley|url=http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/03/20/meet-patrick-howley-the-daily-callers-resident/198545|newspaper=Media Matters|date=March 20, 2014}}{{cite news|title=Think Again: Crashing Occupy Wall Street|first=Eric|last=Alterman|url=https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/general/news/2011/10/13/10438/think-again-crashing-occupy-wall-street|newspaper=Center for American Progress|date=October 13, 2011}} Right Wing Watch has described Howley as a "racist, antisemitic, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist."{{Cite web |first=Kyle |last=Mantyla |date=2022-03-22 |title='I Want to See the Manager!' White Nationalist Patrick Howley Has a Meltdown |url=https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/i-want-to-see-the-manager-white-nationalist-patrick-howley-has-a-meltdown/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Right Wing Watch |language=en-US}}

In 2019, Howley broke the story of a blackface and KKK costume photograph in Virginia governor Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook after receiving a tip from a "concerned citizen".{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-tip-from-a-concerned-citizen-helps-a-reporter-land-the-scoop-of-a-lifetime/2019/02/03/e30762ea-2765-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html|title=A Tip From A Concerned Citizen Helps A Reporter Land The Scoop of a Lifetime|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2019-02-03|accessdate=2019-05-08}} Howley's website also broke the news of sexual assault allegations against Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax.{{cite news |last1=Gabriel |first1=Trip |last2=Grynbaum |first2=Michael M. |title=With Northam Picture, Obscure Publication Plays Big Role in Virginia Politics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/politics/northam-fairfax-big-league-politics.html |accessdate=24 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=4 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://wtvr.com/2019/02/04/meet-the-founder-of-the-conservative-website-that-upended-virginias-political-world/|title=Meet The Founder of the Conservative Website That Upended Virginia's Political World|publisher=WTVR|date=2019-02-04|accessdate=2019-05-08}}

In 2020, writing for National File, Howley broke the story of then-Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham exchanging sexually suggestive texts with a woman who was not his wife.

As of 2022, Howley was hosting a program on Patriots' Soapbox, a QAnon-aligned streaming network.

On April 13, 2022, Howley went on an on-air racist rant regarding Anthony Mackie, a Black man hosting the CMT Music Awards: "I don't know who this Black guy is who's hosting it. It's supposed to be country music. No offense. Y'all have hip-hop, basketball. Just fly with your flock, bro."{{cite web |last1=Kassahun |first1=Tomas |title=White Reporter Has Meltdown After Seeing Black People At Country Music Awards: 'It's Not Wakanda' |url=https://news.yahoo.com/white-reporter-meltdown-seeing-black-184923398.html |website=Blavity |publisher=Yahoo! News |access-date=22 April 2022 |date=April 15, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Medina |first1=Wendy |title=White Reporter Throws Tantrum Due to Black Turnout at 2022 CMT Music Awards: 'It's Not Wakanda' |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/white-reporter-throws-tantrum-due-to-black-turnout-at-2022-cmt-music-awards-its-not-wakanda/ |website=Black Enterprise |access-date=22 April 2022 |date=16 April 2022}}

Howley was suspended from Twitter in May 2022, following reporting by The Daily Beast on numerous antisemitic and racist tweets.{{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Jared |date=2022-04-29 |title=How Alex Jones' Conspiracy Empire Has Kept Itself Going Even While Being Banned From Social Media |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-alex-jones-conspiracy-empire-has-kept-itself-going-even-while-being-banned-from-social-media |access-date=2022-07-25}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-25 |title=Jared Holt on Twitter: "Can't fully articulate how belated this is. P… |url=https://twitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1522338436996337665?s=20&t=zJqbfOnXQsy1I_cuQOD1SQ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220725215323/https://twitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1522338436996337665?s=20&t=zJqbfOnXQsy1I_cuQOD1SQ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-07-25 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=archive.ph}} In one such tweet, Howley "accused the musical artist Lizzo of advancing 'hostile agitation against White males on behalf of jewish interests' because the record label she is signed to is led by a Jewish male."{{Cite web |date=2022-04-18 |title=Patrick Howley on Twitter: "Lizzo works for Atlantic Records, run by … |url=https://twitter.com/HowleyReporter/status/1515847346504015874?s=20&t=Gl465xxFBUuA3E5sq7Gb0Q |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220418155633/https://twitter.com/HowleyReporter/status/1515847346504015874?s=20&t=Gl465xxFBUuA3E5sq7Gb0Q |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-04-18 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=archive.ph}}