In a new report, the Washington Times details NewsGuard’s close funding ties with Big Pharma as the media monitoring organisation has sought to close down criticism of vaccines and Covid policies. Newsmax has more.
“I think it’s a really sinister organisation, and it’s the enemy of good journalism everywhere,” the Daily Sceptic Editor-in-Chief Toby Young told the Washington Times.
Young’s publication was targeted by NewsGuard as it covered the COVID-19 pandemic, including publishing criticisms over lockdowns, mandates and experimental vaccines.
But now Young is decrying the $6 million founding funds provided to NewsGuard in part by Publicis Groupe, which represents leading pharmaceutical and healthcare companies including Pfizer, according to the Times.
NewsGuard was founded in 2018 by Steven Brill, a well-known Democrat activist and donor.
Media Research Centre analysis has shown NewsGuard consistently gives conservative media low rankings while bestowing high rankings to liberal media.
The group’s rankings are, in turn, used by major ad agencies to block conservative media from airing advertisements and denying them revenue.
Billionaire and X owner Elon Musk expressed this support for Newsmax coverage of NewsGuard’s bias in October, agreeing it is “not cool” for it to push a “political agenda” with its ratings.
“Yeah, it’s not cool. Pushing a political agenda in the name of ‘guarding’ the public,” Musk posted on X after he called NewsGuard a “scam” and said it should be “disbanded immediately.
Yeah, it’s not cool. Pushing a political agenda in the name of “guarding” the public.
When Publicis helped launch NewsGuard, Chair Maurice Levy hailed the idea.
“NewsGuard will be able to publish and license ‘white lists’ of news sites our clients can use to support legitimate publishers while still protecting their brand reputations,” Levy said then.
Now legitimate criticism of health mandates is being squelched with the help of NewsGuard.
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Keep Calm & Carry On. What happened to that British slogan in 2020!
Heretic
7 months ago
Well done to Swedish entrepreneur Thomas Ingenlath for his bold action! I hope he finds a new career direction, and joins Clintel and the Global Climate Declaration, on the side of the angels.
Who would want to mimic a company whose only method of making profit is by robbing taxpayers?
Tesla loses money every time it sells a car. Which it then takes back from the taxpayer and from proper car companies who dare to make useful, practical vehicles. An absurd, corrupted situation, facilitated by greenwashing governments and cheered on by the illiterate and gullible public – SAVE DA PLANET!
This is Volvo/Geely saying “Hello, Mr Politician. We can’t make this work, you kinda forced us into doing it, but we thought we wouldn’t be able to, so just in case it all failed and the subsidies dried up, we separated our electric car division from the core of our profit-making enterprise. Easier like that, you see. So yeah, BEVs are a lot of fun as a toy, but they don’t work in an economic sense. Bye for now.”
Companies can only be run according to the laws passed by politicians that the public have voted into the political bubble.
Why on earth would the public act in such a weird way?
After all, they are ‘splendidly well informed’ by the BBC.
Jabby Mcstiff
7 months ago
Their fave word seems to be ‘sustainability’. Any intelligent person can see that this technology is the acme of unsustainability on many levels. As well as the dubious thrill of sitting atop a massively flammable battery. I am glad to see this rejection because electric cars epitomise the phoneyness and venality of this putrid agenda and its rejection suggests a growing consciousness of simple truths.
“Sustainabilty” all sounds lovely until you realise what it actually means. —–A world run by technocrats controlling the world’s wealth and resources and YOU
EV’s the snake oil of Net Zero, the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, you might just as well dream about a future transport system run by Unicorns. They are the fifth column, Trojan Horse whereby TPTB destroy the transport freedom of the hoi-polloi.
Ever since the Victorian railway revolutionised transport, the Toffs and the Elites have recoiled in horror at the idea that ordinary folk could have travel freedom. Net Zero gives them the excuse to abolish travel freedom and put us all back in our boxes.
“There was a rocky valley between Buxton and Bakewell…You enterprised a railroad…you blasted its rocks away…And now, every fool in Buxton can be at Bakewell in half-an-hour, and every fool in Bakewell at Buxton.”
He really didn’t like the idea that the lower classes should get to move about, either for business or pleasure.
That’s like saying the Potato Famine existed only in Ireland, omitting the fact that it heavily affected England and Northern Europe, but they don’t complain as much.
That’s like the Ethnic Africans who claim “We Built America”. They built nothing.
Why were there no African slaves in Britain? Because the work of farm and field and factory was done by the Indigenous People of the British Isles: the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish, whose ancestors have lived in these islands for more than a thousand years.
I think the potato famine in Ireland was especially bad considering that was their main food source was potatoes. Hence people fleeing to the work houses so they can get a proper Catholic burial.
And give thanks to Freddie Laker for allowing the plebs to be able to afford to fly.
Jabby Mcstiff
7 months ago
It was never designed to be a plausible model obviously. It was just a case of continuing to keep the plebs deluded whilst they got away with all the spoils a few yards further, a few more years delusion. The point is you won’t have an electric vehicle or any vehicle; you won’t have public tranport because the plan is for you not to have a life at all.
Jabby Mcstiff
7 months ago
They will plunge to almost zero in the next twelve months I would wager. Both fromn the point of view of production and demand. But they robbed you blind anyway in the interval. There is nothing left to offer. Universal basic income and you and a robot jerking each other off I hope not.
The above mentioned is a giant caldera in the bay of naples, italy, and its becoming very active! 2000 small earthquakes in the last month! Even the locals are getting skittish, tourists are smelling sulphur bubbles rising from the sea while swimming
come on DS look into this?
There are 24 active volcanos around the Phlegraean plateau, not just one!
This one will make mount Tambora look like a fire cracker.
For those who don’t know, the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 darkened the world for a year resulting in famine across Europe and America know as the year with no summer!.
All the signs are there, volcanoligist, bless em, are in agreement, italy is in denial !
The world is going to pop and its not yellowstone!
Fascinating! There is certainly a lot of volcanic activity going on world wide. I know it has the potential to cause an extinction level event, but perhaps it might focus a few minds about real threats to the human race, rather than imagined ones. I have no doubt though, even now, some hapless BBC reporter is penning a report about the connection between eruptions/ earthquakes and global warming. It will all be our fault you know!
Old bat, your a gem!
Total understanding.
Mankind has known a world so stable during its occupancy that it takes it so much for granted, a massive slap on the arse is what it needs!, we’ve experienced it before at great cost of life and no doubt we will experience it again.
Antonio guterres obviously knows better?
I’d like to be locked into a room with him, no weapons, any day of the week!
From which I quote “The volcanic field has been the site of some extremely violent eruptions in the past, although the few ones that occurred during historic times were small events. Today, there is no sign of imminent reawakening of activity”
Obviously I’m no expert on volcanology and can’t judge whether your information is more reliable than the above web site, so I’m just noting that alternative views exist. After all that’s what scepticism is about
There were actually quite a lot of sites reporting impending doom in the area, below the holiday adverts and the abovementioned volcano web site. What struck me was that all the doomy sites were those of news outlets, for whom clicks are money and doom-mongering pays. C.f Covid…
Volcanic activity is likely to increase when the solar magnetic field reverses as solar cycle 25 declines and solar cycle 26 begins during the next 5 to 7 years. This is because the solar magnetism cancels some of the earth’s magnetic field and affects the flow of magma in the earth’s mantle.
Why not email the Daily Sceptic editors directly with your suggestions, as they say on the News Round-Up?
Jabby Mcstiff
7 months ago
We are entering a time of major geoligical disturbances. We already have for the last few years. Hunga Tonga is likely to cause excess rainfall for a few more years. Crop yields in our neck of the woods will be down by eighty percent. It’s cool. Think youself lucky that you had a few stable decades because that isn’t the norm. Yes of course it is sad to witness a mass die off especially of people you love but you just have to acknowledge it as the price you pay for being a human being.
Wild, rugged, nasty and savage. But if it wasn’t then it would be even uglier. Like Worcester Sauce. You wouldn’t want to drink a bottle of it but it can add a certain piquancy.
Sooner have a tasteless opposite!
Daft as it sounds Jabby, italy is showing all the signs of going up! And it’s not good for the planet
Gerry England
7 months ago
Meanwhile lots of Rivian battery vehicles are burning at the Rivian factory. Ford has dumped its battery SUV. Leasing of battery cars in Germany is in trouble due to falling resale values – well that’s a shock. All going so well for the world of the battery car.
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Oh dear, never mind.
At last some good news.
What an utterly pointless comment.
Keep Calm & Carry On. What happened to that British slogan in 2020!
Well done to Swedish entrepreneur Thomas Ingenlath for his bold action! I hope he finds a new career direction, and joins Clintel and the Global Climate Declaration, on the side of the angels.
“Europe’s answer to Tesla”
Who would want to mimic a company whose only method of making profit is by robbing taxpayers?
Tesla loses money every time it sells a car. Which it then takes back from the taxpayer and from proper car companies who dare to make useful, practical vehicles. An absurd, corrupted situation, facilitated by greenwashing governments and cheered on by the illiterate and gullible public – SAVE DA PLANET!
This is Volvo/Geely saying “Hello, Mr Politician. We can’t make this work, you kinda forced us into doing it, but we thought we wouldn’t be able to, so just in case it all failed and the subsidies dried up, we separated our electric car division from the core of our profit-making enterprise. Easier like that, you see. So yeah, BEVs are a lot of fun as a toy, but they don’t work in an economic sense. Bye for now.”
Companies can only be run according to the laws passed by politicians that the public have voted into the political bubble.
Why on earth would the public act in such a weird way?
After all, they are ‘splendidly well informed’ by the BBC.
Their fave word seems to be ‘sustainability’. Any intelligent person can see that this technology is the acme of unsustainability on many levels. As well as the dubious thrill of sitting atop a massively flammable battery. I am glad to see this rejection because electric cars epitomise the phoneyness and venality of this putrid agenda and its rejection suggests a growing consciousness of simple truths.
“Sustainabilty” all sounds lovely until you realise what it actually means. —–A world run by technocrats controlling the world’s wealth and resources and YOU
EV’s the snake oil of Net Zero, the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, you might just as well dream about a future transport system run by Unicorns. They are the fifth column, Trojan Horse whereby TPTB destroy the transport freedom of the hoi-polloi.
Ever since the Victorian railway revolutionised transport, the Toffs and the Elites have recoiled in horror at the idea that ordinary folk could have travel freedom. Net Zero gives them the excuse to abolish travel freedom and put us all back in our boxes.
Quite so. There’s a quote from Ruskin;
“There was a rocky valley between Buxton and Bakewell…You enterprised a railroad…you blasted its rocks away…And now, every fool in Buxton can be at Bakewell in half-an-hour, and every fool in Bakewell at Buxton.”
He really didn’t like the idea that the lower classes should get to move about, either for business or pleasure.
Yes and forgetting that the proles did all the heavy lifting. The Paddy’s built England!
NO, “the Paddy’s” did NOT build England.
That’s like saying the Potato Famine existed only in Ireland, omitting the fact that it heavily affected England and Northern Europe, but they don’t complain as much.
That’s like the Ethnic Africans who claim “We Built America”. They built nothing.
Why were there no African slaves in Britain? Because the work of farm and field and factory was done by the Indigenous People of the British Isles: the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish, whose ancestors have lived in these islands for more than a thousand years.
I think the potato famine in Ireland was especially bad considering that was their main food source was potatoes. Hence people fleeing to the work houses so they can get a proper Catholic burial.
And give thanks to Freddie Laker for allowing the plebs to be able to afford to fly.
It was never designed to be a plausible model obviously. It was just a case of continuing to keep the plebs deluded whilst they got away with all the spoils a few yards further, a few more years delusion. The point is you won’t have an electric vehicle or any vehicle; you won’t have public tranport because the plan is for you not to have a life at all.
They will plunge to almost zero in the next twelve months I would wager. Both fromn the point of view of production and demand. But they robbed you blind anyway in the interval. There is nothing left to offer. Universal basic income and you and a robot jerking each other off I hope not.
Off topic, apologies
Phlegraean Fields
The above mentioned is a giant caldera in the bay of naples, italy, and its becoming very active! 2000 small earthquakes in the last month! Even the locals are getting skittish, tourists are smelling sulphur bubbles rising from the sea while swimming
come on DS look into this?
There are 24 active volcanos around the Phlegraean plateau, not just one!
This one will make mount Tambora look like a fire cracker.
For those who don’t know, the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 darkened the world for a year resulting in famine across Europe and America know as the year with no summer!.
All the signs are there, volcanoligist, bless em, are in agreement, italy is in denial !
The world is going to pop and its not yellowstone!
This is an ele event !
Fascinating! There is certainly a lot of volcanic activity going on world wide. I know it has the potential to cause an extinction level event, but perhaps it might focus a few minds about real threats to the human race, rather than imagined ones. I have no doubt though, even now, some hapless BBC reporter is penning a report about the connection between eruptions/ earthquakes and global warming. It will all be our fault you know!
Old bat, your a gem!
Total understanding.
Mankind has known a world so stable during its occupancy that it takes it so much for granted, a massive slap on the arse is what it needs!, we’ve experienced it before at great cost of life and no doubt we will experience it again.
Antonio guterres obviously knows better?
I’d like to be locked into a room with him, no weapons, any day of the week!
How many of us survive is for the birds, but I will not wear a sandwich board!
Interesting.
I was sufficiently interested to do a bit of Googling on Phlagraean Fields. After the suggestions for holidays, the first technical hit I got was this, last updated 28th August:
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/campi-flegrei.html#google_vignette
From which I quote “The volcanic field has been the site of some extremely violent eruptions in the past, although the few ones that occurred during historic times were small events. Today, there is no sign of imminent reawakening of activity”
Obviously I’m no expert on volcanology and can’t judge whether your information is more reliable than the above web site, so I’m just noting that alternative views exist. After all that’s what scepticism is about
So, would go on holiday there then?
If you were a vulcanologist, you would.
Depends on the ‘Birds’…I’m old fashioned like that. I like a bit of ornithology too!
Try DuckDuckgo. Plenty on there.
There were actually quite a lot of sites reporting impending doom in the area, below the holiday adverts and the abovementioned volcano web site. What struck me was that all the doomy sites were those of news outlets, for whom clicks are money and doom-mongering pays. C.f Covid…
Volcanic activity is likely to increase when the solar magnetic field reverses as solar cycle 25 declines and solar cycle 26 begins during the next 5 to 7 years. This is because the solar magnetism cancels some of the earth’s magnetic field and affects the flow of magma in the earth’s mantle.
Why not email the Daily Sceptic editors directly with your suggestions, as they say on the News Round-Up?
We are entering a time of major geoligical disturbances. We already have for the last few years. Hunga Tonga is likely to cause excess rainfall for a few more years. Crop yields in our neck of the woods will be down by eighty percent. It’s cool. Think youself lucky that you had a few stable decades because that isn’t the norm. Yes of course it is sad to witness a mass die off especially of people you love but you just have to acknowledge it as the price you pay for being a human being.
And the luxury for living your life on this earth!
Wild, rugged, nasty and savage. But if it wasn’t then it would be even uglier. Like Worcester Sauce. You wouldn’t want to drink a bottle of it but it can add a certain piquancy.
Sooner have a tasteless opposite!
Daft as it sounds Jabby, italy is showing all the signs of going up! And it’s not good for the planet
Meanwhile lots of Rivian battery vehicles are burning at the Rivian factory. Ford has dumped its battery SUV. Leasing of battery cars in Germany is in trouble due to falling resale values – well that’s a shock. All going so well for the world of the battery car.
Torchy Torchy the battery car! (Boy, sorry,fits so well)
Volvo, which is controlled by China’s Geely…