Microsoft’s “fact-checker” NewsGuard labels proven hoaxes “credible,” blacklists factual stories Leftists dislike
NewsGuard has Jihad Watch blacklisted also, not because they can show that anything we report is actually inaccurate, but because we don’t toe the Leftist line. Microsoft has taken a giant step into the Orwellian future by including this spurious “fact-checking” data on one of its web browsers, but now that NewsGuard is so thoroughly shredding its own credibility right out of the gate, maybe Microsoft will reconsider and we will have a bit more time before the freedom of speech window closes entirely.
“Nolte: Blacklisters at Microsoft’s NewsGuard Label Proven Hoaxes ‘Credible,’” by John Nolte, Breitbart, January 28, 2019:
NewsGuard, which is the establishment media’s latest effort to blacklist alternative media sites, is giving its sign of approval to proven hoaxes, even to stories that have been retracted.Microsoft is so desperate to spread fake news and blacklist ideas it doesn’t like, NewsGuard is automatically included in one of its browsers.You will find more examples below, but here is NewsGuard’s seal of approval (on the Google search page) for Rolling Stone’s 2014 hoax about a gang rape at the University of Virginia (UVA).Rolling Stone (which NewsGuard gave a passing grade) was eventually forced to retract the story and settle some lawsuits, but the far-left HuffPost’s aggregation of Rolling Stone’s proven lie is still live, and that green checkmark is NewsGuard’s way of telling readers they are reading something credible:You see, when you do a Google search of stories, NewsGuard and Microsoft use the green checkmark to tell you what is and is not credible, what is and is not blacklisted, and this is NewsGuard giving the green light to a story that was so fake, it had to be retracted.Compare that to NewsGuard’s labeling as fake news a basic news story like this one…Why is NewsGuard labeling that fake news? Simply because Breitbart News published it. We didn’t even write that story. The AP did. We are simply aggregating the AP…Look at the roundup below, which took less than 20 minutes to track down. Every single one of these stories is fake news, starting with BuzzFeed’s debunked lie about President Trump telling his then-personal attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress.Look at how NewsGuard and Microsoft openly and audaciously deceive their readers…The Washington Post’s debunked hoax about Russia hacking Vermont’s utility grid — credible!!The lie about first lady Melania Trump being an illegal alien — credible!!The lie about Trump changing the name of Black History Month — credible!!The lie about Trump threatening to invade Mexico — credible!!The lie about Congress investigating a Russian fund with ties to Trump — credible!!So why? Why are NewsGuard and Microsoft deliberately marking fake news as credible? Why are they looking to fool people into believing proven hoaxes are legitimate stories — even outrageous ones about the first lady coming to the country illegally?This is all about 2020, my friends.As I pointed out last week, NewsGuard marks as fake every single story Breitbart News publishes — not because the story is inaccurate, but because we report stories NewsGuard does not believe should be reported.…
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