The Daily Caller

Everything was great with this app until a few months ago when I tried to post a comment and hyperlink message in red font proceeded by a red padlock appeared at the top: “Authorize to Participate”. I click on this link and it reroutes me to the log in page. Over and over and over. I go to the actual website and log in there- no problem. I changed my password, I have deleted cache, I deleted and reinstalled the app 3x. I tried Every trick I know- I’m an above average tech savvy person. Worse- there is NO link or anywhere to report this problem. I clicked on the Report a Problem link in the App Store and that took me to Apple Support where you are prompted to select the app you want to report a problem with, and the only Daily Caller listed is the FREE version I had at the apps inception; (I have the Paid premium member subscription now) I click on that and nothing happens. I don’t have time to go to website every time I want to post a comment or otherwise dialogue with other subscribers. As the Sharks say on Shark Tank “For this reason, I’m out.”

Considering we are constantly fed information from our mainstream media that is biased, erroneous, and self-serving, thank God we have an option to read a site that reports the info, then lets the reader do their own thinking. My main issue? The attractive banners and notifications that pop up on my phone, when clicked, never seem to take me to the accompanying article they’re promoting. Instead, it dumps me onto a generic home page. As a result, i don’t click on the stories anymore and am forced to get my news elsewhere

The news items are great and not just a reiteration of the same contrite storyline. If I could rate them outside of the app I would give them 5 stars. However, over the past couple of months I had to report glitches through the online email address because I couldn’t find a way through the app. First, the search function wasn’t functioning. It would time out. Then state File Unable To Load. Server Error. I never received an automatic reply email. I suppose they received many emails because the problem was resolved. Second, is the same complaint as many others have written about. You get a couple of sentences and it says Read More. You tap on it and it brings you to another page with the exact same thing. Lastly, I’m don’t like all of the advertising either as so many others have written in their reviews. I noticed that the ads became very intrusive once The Daily Caller News Foundation began to a subscription based service. I feel like it’s a punishment to those of us who have been reading their articles since Tucker Carlson days and helped make them popular. I don’t want to pay for a monthly subscription. I understand that they need to make money but the amount of ads are obnoxious. It’s for all of these reasons why I gave the app a one star rating.