Posted on 12/03/2021 10:33:20 AM PST by JV3MRC
The leftist firm NewsGuard is going from skewing its rating system to favor left-wing websites to monitoring cable and broadcast TV news in an apparent attempt to become the new ministry of truth.
A press release revealed that NewsGuard was expanding its partnership with IPG Mediabrands to co-create “the first-ever tool to evaluate and rate individual broadcast and cable news programs and networks.” In addition, the new scheme would go “beyond NewsGuard’s current offering of reliability ratings for news and information websites, giving advertisers greater insight before they invest their media dollars.” The press release stated that "[t]he new rankings will encompass 117 shows on 27 networks and will launch in spring 2022."
NewsGuard even went after pro-life organizations like Live Action, giving it a dubious score of “30” out of 100 and accused that it “severely violates basic journalistic standards.” Meanwhile, NewsGuard rates baby slaughter mill Planned Parenthood with a “75” score and claimed its “website adheres to basic standards of credibility and transparency.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
I recommend "Pants on Fire" and "Pinocchio" as names.
As honest as the “fact checkers.’
CNN and MSNBC highest rated cable news, right?
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