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Targeting Law Professor Turley Again Proves NewsGuard Is A Powerful Scam
The Federalist ^ | 7/29/2024 | Margot Cleveland

Posted on 07/29/2024 10:02:18 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

NewsGuard, the self-appointed arbiter of media reliability, appears poised to peddle some more of its own misinformation—this time about George Washington University Law School Professor Jonathan Turley.

Turley exposed NewsGuard’s apparent plans in a Saturday column for The Hill. In “The Most Chilling Words Today: I’m from NewsGuard and I Am Here to Rate You,” the chaired professor of law detailed a recent communication he received from the ratings giant. Roughly a week after he had penned an earlier column for The Hill in which he criticized NewsGuard as infected with a “pro-Democrat and left-wing bias,” the for-profit organization “came knocking,” Turley explained.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: censorship; despotism; dissent; foxnews; georgewashingtonu; jonathanturley; media; newsguard
Newsguard is truly sick. They are very left and can't be credible to rate anyone. I wonder if FR has had any issues with them?
1 posted on 07/29/2024 10:02:18 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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Reporter: "I cannot find any information on the site that would signal to readers that the site’s content reflects a conservative or libertarian perspective, as is evident in your articles. Why is this perspective not disclosed to give readers a sense of the site’s point of view?"

Um, because it's evident?

Now go ask the New York Times and CBS for some viewpoint disclosures. Because many people think those are impartial sources.

2 posted on 07/29/2024 10:08:59 AM PDT by heartwood (If you're looking for the /sarc tag, you just passed it..)
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Powerlineblog encounter with Newsguard:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/07/how-the-left-censors-the-news.php


3 posted on 07/29/2024 10:13:41 AM PDT by DFG
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Zero tolerance for fellow democrats who come out in defense of Trump regarding pending litigation, just like Dershowitz.
4 posted on 07/29/2024 10:58:50 AM PDT by tlozo (Russia is ruled by a psychologically deranged dictator and worst of all, it obediently follows)
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A scam just like SNOPES


5 posted on 07/29/2024 11:10:38 AM PDT by oil_dude
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6 posted on 07/29/2024 11:13:37 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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