As many as 36 groups advocating free speech, the Free Speech Alliance, have turned to US Congress with a request to stop any further funding of NewsGuard.
Free Speech Groups Call on Congress To Block NewsGuard Funding
Previous NewsGuard posts (not necessarily conservative):
NewsGuard is very neutral. Its Board of Directors is
The EU, NATO, NewsGuard and the Voltaire Network (original)secret, but its Advisory Board includes one of the co-founders of Wikipedia (Jimmy Wales) as well as the former director of the CIA and the NSA (General Michael Hayden), the former Secretary General of NATO (Anders Fogh Rasmussen), the former Secretary for Homeland Security (Tom Ridge) or the former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy – i.e. Propaganda (Richard Stengel)
Consortium News Sues NewsGuard, US Government For Alleged Defamation
Funders:
Both are funded by the Knight Foundation. Luminate and Reset are part of the Omidyar Network (Pierre Omidyar). Open Society Foundations is George Soros. Catena Foundation is Sam R Walton, heir to the fortune of Walmart. Argosy Foundation’s affiliations and alliances, annual reports and 2022 Form 990-PF. Bohemian Foundation’s global programs and civic programs (Democracy Now, Media Matters, Third Way are just three that stood out)
Free Speech America is part of Media Research Center’s network. Media Research Center has been funded by Bradley Foundation, Castle Rock Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation, Scaife Foundations, Robert Mercer, ExxonMobil. Rebekah Mercer is a board member of MRC, per Heritage Foundation. New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch. The Daily Wire is funded by brothers Dan and Farris Wilks (Oil). RealClearPolitics is owned by Crest Media, which is owned by Jamal Daniel of Crest Investment Company. The Federalist is funded by Richard Uihlein. Washington Examiner is owned by Philip Anschutz, who also owns The Weekly Standard (founded by neocon, and PNAC co-founder, Bill Kristol).
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