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Mark Levin says he was warned of possible Iranian cyberattack after AOL lockout
The radio host and Trump ally said he and his wife were warned by a federal agency they might be targeted by Iran. The claim came a day after he was mocked online for spending eight hours locked out of his AOL email.[2, 3] Levin is a conservative radio host, Fox News host, lawyer, and Trump appointee on the Homeland Security Advisory Council.[3] The claim came a day after he was widely mocked online for complaining that he had been locked out of his AOL email account.[2, 3]
Levin wrote that he had spent eight hours trying to reach someone at AOL, saying the issue was escalated to supervisors who never contacted him.[4] Newsweek reported that Levin threatened to ditch the service after the lockout.[5] Mockery came even from fellow conservative pundits, according to HuffPost.[1]
Covered by HuffPost, Newsweek, Mediaite and 2 more
Read first Mark Levin Rages at AOL After Being Locked Out of Email Account
Where accounts differ (1)
- FramingRaw Story reported Levin's claim that he may have been hit with an Iranian cyberattack, while earlier coverage from Mediaite and The Daily Beast framed the episode as a complaint about an AOL email lockout that drew online mockery.[2, 3, 4]
- Mediaite · Center · Nov 10, 11:00 p.m. ET Mark Levin Roasted for ‘Boomer’ Complaint About Being Locked Out of His AOL Email for 8 Hours: ‘Can’t Make This Up’
"Folks, I have spent literally the entire day trying to get someone at AOL to unlock my email," Mark Levin wrote. "For the last eight hours, I have been told that the issue has been escalated to supervisors who would…
- Raw Story · Leans left · Nov 11, 1:02 p.m. ET Powerful Trump media ally says he's been hit with Iranian cyber attack
Conservative radio host Mark Levin claimed Wednesday that the Iranian regime may have targeted him with a cyberattack. The claim came a day after he was widely mocked for complaining that he’d been locked out of his AOL…
- Mediaite · Center · Nov 10, 11:00 p.m. ET Mark Levin Roasted for ‘Boomer’ Complaint About Being Locked Out of His AOL Email for 8 Hours: ‘Can’t Make This Up’
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 5 rated outlets that covered it, 3 are left of center, 2 are center and 0 are right of center.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: HuffPost (−1.06), Raw Story (−0.94), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: Newsweek (−0.30), Mediaite (+0.04).
- Leans right: none.
- Right: none.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.
Read across the spectrum
- Left-leaning Trump BFF Roasted for Wild Meltdown About Email Glitch
- Center Mark Levin Rages at AOL After Being Locked Out of Email Account
- Right-leaning No right-leaning outlet in Tare's list covered it.