[ May 1, 2024 ]
Yesterday I published a report on the Goebbel’s inspired list of conservative publications that that Poynter: (a journalist ‘think tank’) wants 515 outlets blacklisted, including Geller Report, Daily Caller Drudge, Breitbart News
“Strengthening democracy” is their slogan. Like Orwell said in Animal Farm, War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength
The primary reason for the ban is bias. As if the enemedia ie the NY Times, LA Times, CNN, and every other major news outlet isn’t.
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Poynter forced to scrap ‘unreliable news’ list targeting conservative outlets after outcry
A journalism watchdog has been forced to scrap a list of “unreliable” news sources because, as it turns out, the list wasn’t reliable.
The Poynter Institute, a journalism nonprofit organization, initially released a list of more than 500 “unreliable” news outlets purportedly “built from pre-existing databases compiled by journalists, fact-checkers and researchers around the country.”
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But a number of prominent conservative-leaning outlets were included in the “unreliable” category, including The Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Caller and other publications that employ scores of journalists covering Congress, elections, the White House and more. The index was created with the help of an employee for the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The walk-back was gradual. First, the authors reversed the inclusion of The Washington Examiner after further review. But the paper’s executive editor, Philip Klein, complained that the group was still urging an advertiser blacklist for those outlets still included — calling the process behind the list opaque and arbitrary.
Poynter’s managing editor, Barbara Allen, posted a mea culpa Thursday as the backlash built.
“On Tuesday, April 30, Poynter posted a list of 515 ‘unreliable’ news websites, built from pre-existing databases compiled by journalists, fact-checkers and researchers around the country. Our aim was to provide a useful tool for readers to gauge the legitimacy of the information they were consuming,” the statement read.
“Soon after we published, we received complaints from those on the list and readers who objected to the inclusion of certain sites, and the exclusion of others. We began an audit to test the accuracy and veracity of the list, and while we feel that many of the sites did have a track record of publishing unreliable information, our review found weaknesses in the methodology.
“We detected inconsistencies between the findings of the original databases that were the sources for the list and our own rendering of the final report.”
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It continued: “Therefore, we are removing this unreliable sites list until we are able to provide our audience a more consistent and rigorous set of criteria. The list was intended to be a starting place for readers and journalists to learn more about the veracity of websites that purported to offer news; it was not intended to be definitive or all encompassing.
“We regret that we failed to ensure that the data was rigorous before publication, and apologize for the confusion and agitation caused by its publication. We pledge to continue to hold ourselves to the highest standards.”
The institute continued to face fallout for the blunder, with many noting the irony of how the “unreliable” news outlets list was itself not reliable.
The databases curated to create the list included ones maintained by Annenberg Public Policy Center, Snopes, PolitiFact, and Merrimack University, researcher Barrett Golding wrote in a now-deleted report explaining the botched index.
Golding is also a producer with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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16 Comments
4 years ago
Fear not. This could have been a test run.
IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN – guaranteed!
They want TRUMP OUT in 2020.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Felix have you read Bill Mahrs latest crap on FOX news where he says “He feels like he has been owned? The lying jackass hates anyone not from the west cost or New York. Have you ever done any research on him?
4 years ago
Who is this idiot and where did it come from?
4 years ago
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4 years ago
Reply to
Halal Bacon
Ok, then why not football, rugby, diving, surfing, NASCAR,etc? I guess they’ll get to them next. FB is rapidly becoming irrelevant. Still, it’s sure nice Zucky is looking out for all of us. Big Brother is watching and keeping us safe.
4 years ago
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4 years ago
The self-appointed unreliable authority on news source is pointing out unreliable news sources. So nice – SO STUPID!
Where do these fatherless MORONS come from??
4 years ago
Poynter = fake news
4 years ago
“We regret setting ourselves up to look like flaming idjits”
yup
Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights….. .. … Carry!
4 years ago
They were immediately suspect when it was learned they had a Southern Poverty Pimp Law Canter hack pushing an agenda.
4 years ago
Even the LibTards don’t trust the SPLC! Guess that only leaves the Coomiecratgs and the FBI.
4 years ago
But…it’s too late. The list is already out there, we’ve already seen it. They can offer a million ‘mea culpas’ and it won’t matter. The damage is done.
4 years ago
Despite repeated attempts to destroy POTUS Trump by the Democrats and their left and alt-left colleagues like Poynter, Anitfa and the MSM, President Trump has succeeded in his election promise to Make America Great Again in less than three years in office. Unemployment is at an all time low, the economy is strong and the people that Obama repressed have renewed hope for the future of democracy and capitalism. Vote Trump in 2020.
4 years ago
Reply to
David Square
yes, take it from a canuk up here in canukistan, you should all be on your knees thanking God for President TRump!!!
I’ll trade MOHAMMAD TRUDEAU FOR TRUMP!!
4 years ago
after all, can’t tell the politically correct/cowards all over the world the truth because they simply can’t handle the truth therefore lets shut it all down while the deniers lead us to the slaughter!
