Posted on 10/26/2021 8:45:38 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
George Soros Backs New Media Firm to Fight Disinformation Called “Good Information Inc.” Conservatives are calling out Soros for this clearly "Orwellian" move.
Tell me this isn’t the most purely “Orwellian” thing you’ve ever heard…
According to Axios, George Soros is backing a new media firm in a move to help combat disinformation.
The working name of this group?
“Good Information Inc.”
See, that’s how you know you can trust it, because it has “good information” in the title…
Clearly this is just Soros being the great arbiter of truth that he is, right?.. Follow on Telegram @WeLoveTrumpNoah
Joining Soros in backing the group is fellow billionaire Reid Hoffman.
Former democratic strategist Tara McGowan, who previously ran a progressive group called ACRONYM, will lead this one.
Her former group ran a digital campaign which raised $100 million to battle President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
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Conservatives have already begun mocking “Good Information Inc” on social media.
George Soros and Reid Hoffman back new media firm to combat disinformation https://t.co/2GwAoc6sFU — Axios (@axios) October 26, 2021
Axios is the first to report on the new company, which claims to "tackle disinformation:"
A new public benefit corporation backed by billionaires Reid Hoffman, George Soros, and others is launching Tuesday to fund new media companies and efforts that tackle disinformation.
Why it matters: Good Information Inc. aims to fund and scale businesses that cut through echo chambers with fact-based information. As part of its mission, it plans to invest in local news companies.
The group will be led by Tara McGowan, a former Democratic strategist who previously ran a progressive non-profit called ACRONYM.
ACRONYM invested in for-profit companies that built media and technology solutions for progressive causes. It ran one of the largest digital campaigns to defeat President Trump in the 2020 election, totaling $100 million.
One of the companies it invested in, called Shadow, made headlines last year for contributing to the delayed reporting of the Iowa caucus results.
Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn, backed ACRONYM.
Exclusive: Billionaires Reid Hoffman, George Soros and others back new media firm led by @taraemcg to combat disinformation — As part of its launch, “Good Information” will acquire @CourierNewsroom, a local news group with a progressive perspective. https://t.co/v4ddccFPoK — Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) October 26, 2021
Reid Hoffman and George Soros launching a group to fight disinformation that they are calling “Good Information Inc.” https://t.co/WhavCrtB56 — Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 26, 2021
Ted Cruz and others pointed to the "Orwellian" irony of this new group:
Leftists launch new media venture to spread misinformation.
With Orwellian irony, it claims to do precisely the opposite. https://t.co/W164vBiM6e — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 26, 2021
To the left, "misinformation" is true stories that make Democrats look bad.
This is nothing more than a censorship campaign. https://t.co/QazbjGIqM1 — Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) October 26, 2021
Lefty billionaires create new firm to 'tackle the disinformation crisis.' Will support 'fact-based' media outlets. But just on left? No! They really like The Bulwark, too. From @axios: https://t.co/Sy7OcFf3DP — Byron York (@ByronYork) October 26, 2021
The headline of this @axios piece currently claims the group will combat “disinformation”. The body of the article makes clear the group will push partisan far left attacks.
Did the headline writer read the article? https://t.co/msXsgDs3Rj — Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 26, 2021
Looking forward to this Orwellian nightmare https://t.co/mbfcLEKrkb — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 26, 2021
This has to be a joke? These two Democrat megadonors spread more disinformation than just about anyone.
Hoffman's LinkedIn complied with censorship demands by the Chinese Communist Party.
Soros is one of the largest Dem donors.
CourierNewsroom is an actual Democrat operation. https://t.co/fJCmHjclT1 — Nathan Brand (@NathanBrandWA) October 26, 2021
Oh perfect. I couldn’t think of a better person to combat disinformation than George Soros.. 🤨 https://t.co/AMjQIY9Cmc — DR. PRESIDENT DIMENTIA (@BidenLovesChina) October 26, 2021
This monster already has 99% of the so-called “news” media in his corner.
A new group has been formed to fight against what it calls disinformation, using a model one activist said would “erode the public’s trust in media.”
This new “public benefit corporation” is backed by far-left billionaires including George Soros and Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, will do battle with the forces of any opinions it does not like under the banner of Good Information Inc., Axios reported Tuesday.
The outfit “aims to fund and scale businesses that cut through echo chambers with fact-based information” and will invest in local news outlets.
Like the left doesn’t already have 90% + saturation of the market.
Axios did not disclose what form such investments might take but said it “could mean funding new or existing companies that boost news from existing news outlets.”
The group will be led by Tara McGowan, a Democratic strategist and headed a progressive nonprofit called ACRONYM.
Good Information Inc. will acquire Courier Newsroom from ACRONYM in an effort for local news.
Fox News has described the Courier company as a “left-wing dark money operation,” with alleged news stories that “often appear to be little more than Democratic Party talking points that drive liberal messaging in key states online and on social media, with piles of cash and no financial disclosure.”
Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, the outside counsel for Americans for Public Trust, said the group was not a healthy addition to the media universe.
“I think it’s an unprecedented political news organization. While there are complaints of media bias, fake news, no media outlet is doing what Courier Newsroom is,” Laxalt said. “They were stood up by a large, left-of-center political world and they appear to be directly engaged in political persuasion.”
Salon reported the company “has set up what appear to be local news sites but are actually propaganda efforts aimed at creating content to be shared on social media to boost moderate Democrats.”
Kelly McBride, chair of the Poynter Institute’s Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership, said it is
a purely political site that pretends to be news is “super opaque to the consumer.
The former state AG added that ventures like Courier have the potential to “erode the public’s trust in media. When you click on Vox or some other news website that has a liberal bent to it, it still was created with the idea of putting out news for the sake of a business model. In this case, the very purpose for this site to exist is different.”
A literal Nazi collaborationist pushing ANOTHER Stalinist propagandist outfit and calling it “good.”
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isa. 5:20.)
I guess Ministry of Truth was rejected.
To paraphrase Grocho Marx:
“Whatever he says, I’m against it.”
“As part of its mission, it plans to invest in local news companies.”
In other words, they want to own all local media so there is no independent voice. “Local” newspapers and broadcast news are already mostly owned by big corporations. Soros wants to buy and control anything that is left.
Hungary has no use for this SOB. We’re stuck with him.
Should call it Bullschtein Net.
Why can’t he call it Ministry of Truth. It has literary allusions, and is more accurate.
He wants to compete with Trump’s new social media outlet. He can certainly out-spend him. Trump’s a mere billionaire. I’d bet Soros is a trillionaire already. But, in Trump’s favor, he’s a people person. Soros is an a@@hole and always has been.
‘Good Information” from a man who was an actual Nazi collaborator and is proud of it.
Figures Axios would do their PR.
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