Posted on 08/15/2023 6:28:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Conservative media outlets and journalists are fighting a network of organizations working to kill their advertising revenue by slapping them with misinformation labels.
The World Federation of Advertisers and its subsidiary, the Global Alliance for Responsible Media or GARM, have led the charge in steering blue-chip advertisers away from news outlets whose content it subjectively deems harmful, sensitive or “misinformation.” The British-based Global Disinformation Index and the U.S. company NewsGuard also have developed lists and ratings systems that attack credibility and scare advertisers away from top conservative news outlets.
House investigators have questioned Biden administration officials about funding the efforts and subpoenaed two of the organizations to determine whether their practices are violating antitrust laws.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, subpoenaed top officials from GARM and the World Federation of Advertisers, or WFA, seeking documents related to coordinated efforts to “demonetize and censor disfavored speech online.”
Mr. Jordan said he believes GARM is coordinating with WFA to target mostly conservative outlets, which receive unfavorable rankings and subsequently lose critical advertising dollars.
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Often, conservative websites are ranked poorly.
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, Kentucky Republican, is investigating reports that the State Department provided $330,000 to the Global Disinformation Index, a British firm that provides “risk ratings” to major advertising companies to steer them away from certain news sites.
The index in 2022 identified Newsmax, the New York Post, RealClearPolitics, the Daily Wire, The Blaze, The American Spectator, Newsmax, Reason magazine and the Federalist as the riskiest sites, encouraging advertisers to avoid them.
The “least risky sites” included NPR, The Washington Post, HuffPost, Insider, ProPublica, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and AP News.
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It is amazing how determined the left is to censor their political opponents. And their idea of “disinformation” seems at odds with reality.
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