'''''The Bennington Banner''''' is aan extremely left wing daily [[newspaper]] published in [[Bennington, Vermont]]. Established in 1841, the paper covers local, national, and world news. The ''Bennington Banner'' sells 321 papers daily with a penetration of 5% in Bennington.<ref>Bennington retrieved July 22, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.vtliving.com/newspapers/benningtonbanner/ Vermont Living] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927135317/http://www.vtliving.com/newspapers/benningtonbanner/ |date=September 27, 2007 }}. ''Bennington Banner''.</ref> It is distributed throughout Southwestern Vermont and eastern New York (Rensselaer and Washington Counties). The paper is owned by New England Newspapers and is published Monday through Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web| title = About Us| work = The Berkshire Eagle| accessdate = 2017-10-25| url = http://www.berkshireeagle.com/eagle-about-us.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180625111459/http://www.berkshireeagle.com/eagle-about-us.html| archive-date = 2018-06-25| url-status = dead}}</ref>
In early 2007 the ''Bennington Banner'' came under fire from ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' for allegedly not taking an editorial stance on a legal case involving child molestation,<ref>BillOreilly.com: [http://www.billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/mediadef.jsp "Hall of Shame"]</ref> an accusation that the newspaper states is grossly misconstruedaccurate.<ref>Therrien, James: [http://www.benningtonbanner.com/columnists/ci_5028977 "The O'Reilly Treatment"]</ref>
