The New American

The New American (TNA) is a conservative and right-wing print magazine published twice a month and a digital news source published daily online by American Opinion Publishing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the John Birch Society.[2][3] The magazine was created in 1985 from the merger of two JBS publications: American Opinion and The Review of the News.

The New American
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Front cover of The New American magazine for October 17, 2022
EditorGary Benoit
CategoriesEditorial Magazine
FrequencySemimonthly
PublisherDennis Behreandt
Total circulation
(2021)		20,194[1]
First issueSeptember 30, 1985
CompanyAmerican Opinion Publishing Inc.
CountryUnited States
Based inAppleton, Wisconsin
LanguageEnglish
Websitethenewamerican.com
ISSN0885-6540
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History

In February 1956, before his foundation of the John Birch Society over two years later, Robert W. Welch Jr. created his first publication, a monthly entitled One Man's Opinion,[4][5] which became known two years later as American Opinion.[6] Additionally, in 1965, he established a JBS-affiliated publication known as The Review of the News, which was intended for a larger readership and covered news.[7]

In September 1985, American Opinion was merged with The Review of the News to create The New American, with the aim of attracting a readership large enough to "make the saving of our country possible."[8] The magazine's name was inspired by Robert Welch's "New Americanism" essay.[9][10] It was first headquartered in Belmont, Massachusetts.

In 2006, TNA launched a mobile edition.[11] In 2007, TNA published a special issue devoted to opposing a North American Union; approximately 500,000 copies were distributed.[12]

In September 2019, during the Trump–Ukraine scandal, Hunter Biden's Wikipedia article included dubious claims about his business dealings in Ukraine and his father Joe Biden's motivations for going after a Ukrainian prosecutor; the claims were sourced to The Epoch Times and The New American.[13]

TNA has described what it sees as American moral decline and threats to the family, including abortion, drugs, homosexuality, crime, violence, teenage pregnancy, teen suicide, feminism, and pornography.[14]

Contributors have included Hilaire du Berrier, Samuel Blumenfeld, Larry McDonald, and Ron Paul.[15]

References
  1. "The New American". Wisconsin: American Opinion Publishing Inc. October 1, 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ISSN 0885-6540 OCLC 12618341
  3. "The New American magazine". OnTheIssues.org. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  4. Mulloy, D. J. (2014). The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism, and the Cold War. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 6, 187. ISBN 978-0826519818.
  5. OCLC 1713996
  6. ISSN 0885-6540 OCLC 12618341
  7. OCLC 12803345
  8. The New American, January 5, 1987 Letter from the Editor
  9. "The John Birch Society". Wisconsin. October 9, 1985.
  10. The New Americanism: And Other Speeches and Essays (1966). Belmont, Mass.: Western Islands. ISBN 978-0882792118. OCLC 7351053.
  11. Barbagallo, Paul (June 1, 2006). "The New American Goes Mobile". Adweek. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  12. "The North American Union Right-Wing Populist Conspiracism Rebounds". Political Research Associates. March 10, 2008. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  13. Stanley-Becker, Isaac (September 25, 2019). "Checking the Web on Hunter Biden? A 36-year-old physicist helps decide what you'll see". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  14. Stewart, Charles J. (2002). "The Master Conspiracy of the John Birch Society: From Communism to the New World Order". Western Journal of Communication. 66 (4): 440. doi:10.1080/10570310209374748. S2CID 145081268. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  15. "The New American 20 years of TRUTH!". Wisconsin: American Opinion Publishing Inc. September 19, 2005. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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