Steven Brill, a Democrat activist and donor, founded NewsGuard in 2018 and is now, thankfully, receiving professional care.
The group’s skewed rankings have been illegally used used by ad agencies to block conservative media from obtaining advertising revenue in violation of Consumer Protection Law, as well as Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, that protects consumers from unfair business practices..
Elon Musk called for Brill’s company to be “disbanded immediately” in October following a report that it worked with the European Union on a code prompting governments to take action on alternative news sites.
Musk insightfully responded to Newsmax’s story on his comments, commenting Newsmax was pushing a political agenda in the guise of “guarding the public.”
<><>NewsGuard has harshly ranked media organizations critical of the Biden administration,
<><>reported on problems relating to the COVID pandemic,
<><>and published public service reports on the efficacy of vaccines.
<><>the Washington Times reported that NewsGuard is backed by ad giant Publicis,
<><>Publicis does significant business with Big Pharma companies including Pfizer.
On Sept 7, 2021, the U.S. Dept of Defense gave $749,387 tax dollars to Newsguard Technologies
<><>a private service that scores media outlets on “reliability” and “trust.”
<><>Roughly 40,000 subscribers buy Newsguard subscriptions,
<><>a system of “Nutrition Labels” supposedly emphasizing “safe” content.
<><>Newsguard’s customers include universities and libraries,
<><>users are presented with warning labels as follows
<><>”CBS is great” and “Tucker Carlson is dangerous.”
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U.S. Senate:
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MESSAGE Americans’ tax dollars are being confiscated by NewsGuard Technologies
<><>this is in violation of Consumer Protection Law,
<><>and Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act,
<><>laws and rules that protects consumers from unfair business practices.