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On the info ops front, the Facebook page for The Right News seemingly serves as an echo chamber for The Daily Wire. Based on that page and WHOIS history for therightnews[.]net, The Right News probably is actively working on behalf of The Daily Wire without openly stating so. 1/15 
In terms of background, The Right News' Facebook page was created on 11/22/13, has over 193k followers, and claims to be a Media/News company. The page posts political commentary, conservative articles, and memes. 2/15
The website listed on The Right News' Facebook page -- therightnews[.]net -- was also registered on 11/22/13 using privacy protection. Historical versions of the domain show that it was used similarly -- to share conservative, political commentary. 3/15
A single WHOIS record from April 2016 showed the domain probably was sold or otherwise transferred to The Daily Wire's parent company Forward Publishing sometime between January 10 (previous record date) and April 2016. 4/15
The individual in this WHOIS record also registered several of The Daily Wire's domains using the same phone number. Only about 13 domains have been registered using similar WHOIS, seven of which are Forward Publishing or The Daily Wire's legitimate domains. 5/15
Around the time Forward Publishing took over the domain, it was parked, but there also appears to have been a shift in specific content posted on The Right News' Facebook page. 6/15
Based on Facebook searches and an archived copy of the page, before the aforementioned WHOIS change The Right News posted links to various conservative sites like youngcons[.]com and a site run by The Right News' then (and possibly now) administrator - isthatbaloney[.]com. 7/15
Searching against The Right News' page, starting on January 14 2016, the page began posting Daily Wire-related content. I am unable to identify any earlier posts related to The Daily Wire. 8/15
It's important to caveat that I don't have a great way to search, sort, and quantify Facebook posts to better identify when and to what extent The Right News began posting Daily Wire content. 9/15
The Right News now almost exclusively posts Daily Wire articles with commentary, while occasionally posting articles from Louder with Crowder. On June 25 2019 alone, The Right News had about 75 posts with Daily Wire articles/content and 4 related to Louder with Crowder. 10/15
While I'm not going to name him, the then, and possibly now, administrator of The Right News Facebook page claims to be an "affiliate marketer, political commentator, and run several FB pages." 11/15
Given the aforementioned findings, The Daily Wire probably purchased the domain and services provided by the affiliate marketer to turn the The Right News' Facebook page into an echo chamber for their articles. 12/15
The Right News probably also provides an avenue for The Daily Wire to post more controversial political commentary or memes that reinforces their consumers' ideologies. 13/15
At the very least, these findings indicate a relationship between the two organizations; however, The Right News Facebook page does not indicate any relationship with The Daily Wire. 14/15
Not only is the lack of a stated relationship misleading to consumers, but Facebook pages like the The Right News' amplify the effect of misinformation and further solidify divisive political attitudes. 15/15
H/t to @DomainTools for the historical WHOIS data.
