Launched as a "conservative answer to The Huffington Post", The Daily Caller quadrupled its audience, became profitable by 2012, surpassing several rival websites by 2013. In 2020, site was described by The New York Times as having been "a pioneer in online conservative journalism".The Daily Caller is a member of the White House press pool. Has published false stories on multiple occasions, and declined to correct them when they were shown to be untrue. Has published false and misleading articles that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change. In 2017 and 2018, the website cut ties with an editor and two contributors linked to white supremacist causes.