Fact Check: George Soros Does NOT Own The Daily Beast As Claimed By Jim Caviezel

Fact Check

  • by: Lead Stories Staff
Fact Check: George Soros Does NOT Own The Daily Beast As Claimed By Jim Caviezel Does Not Own

Does George Soros own The Daily Beast online news organization? No, that's not true: George Soros has NOT owned any shares of the IAC Inc that co-founded The Daily Beast in 2008, since the second quarter of 2019 when he sold all his remaining shares of the company.

The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on TikTok account of @bezpressunews on May 24, 2023 under the title "Actor Jim Caviezel: 'We are in an apocalyptic moment right now'". It opened:

You cannot say anything bad on George Soros. Do you know that he owns many of these (media) companies like The Daily Beast?

This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing: