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We note that our journalism is itself speech protected by the First Amendment, and we're concerned to see a government official using the powers of his office, however unwittingly, to rely on false claims,
Crovitz said
We do not use NewsGuard services in our products and our business model depends on connecting people to a wide range of perspectives and voices,
Google Spokesperson José Castañeda told Fox News DigitalFor one, reports indicate that NewsGuard has consistently rated official propaganda from the Communist Party of China as more credible than American publications. For another, NewsGuard aggressively fact checked and penalized websites that reported on the COVID-lab leak theory."
He then detailed areas where NewsGuard has allegedly contributed to censorship, stating
The relevant conduct extended from removing or blocking social media posts to labeling whole websites or apps as ‘untrustworthy’ or ‘high-risk’ in an apparent effort to suppress their information and viewpoints, including through efforts to delist them, lower their rankings, or harm their profitability."
Carr’s statement characterized the nature of the censorship, sayingAs the U.S. House Committee on Small Business 2024 Staff Report stated, ‘[t]hese ratings, combined with NewsGuard’s vast partnerships in the advertising industry, select winners and losers in the news media space,’
he added, notingOver the past few years, Americans have lived through an unprecedented surge in censorship. Your companies played significant roles in this improper conduct. Big Tech companies silenced Americans for doing nothing more than exercising their First Amendment rights,
the commissioner wroteIndeed, NewsGuard bills itself as the Internet’s arbiter of truth or, as its co-founder put it, a ‘Vaccine Against Misinformation.’ NewsGuard purports to rate the credibility of news and information outlets and tells readers and advertisers which outlets they can trust,
Carr wroteFor still another, the Small Business Committee and multiple Media Research Center studies detail numerous instances where NewsGuard apparently does not apply its own rating system in an even-handed manner."
Carr continuedNewsGuard combines human expertise and technology to provide data, analysis and journalism that helps enterprises and consumers identify reliable information online,
its site statesNewsGuard was founded in 2018 explicitly as an alternative to government censorship or to continuing to rely on social media platforms’ secret algorithms for rating news sources. We take the opposite approach: We apply nine transparent and apolitical criteria for rating news websites and our ratings are disclosed,
he saidWe have no proof of concept that shows that [Starlink] could serve millions of Americans or more, on a widespread basis, on a simultaneous basis,
said Michael Romano, the executive vice president of rural telecom trade group NTCA told POLITICO in October
When it comes to the FCC's promotion of DEI, I have just one thing to say: Afuera!"
added Carr
Broadcast media have had the privilege of using a scarce and valuable public resource—our airwaves. In turn, they are required by law to operate in the public interest. When the transition is complete, the FCC will enforce this public interest obligation."
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But none of them have anything to do with Project 2025."
Left-leaning Fox News host Jessica Tarlov reposted Trump's nomination letter on X, writing
Another Project 2025 co-author. Go figure."
Another progressive user, @Angry_Staffer, who has 560,800 followers on X, wroteTrump picked Brendan Carr, the literal author of Project 2025's chapter on the FCC, to be Chairman of the FCC. Can't say we didn't warn you."
Journalist Ahmed Baba, who has written extensively about Trump's alleged ties to Project 2025, wrote on XWe must dismantle the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights for everyday Americans."
In a post on X after news of his nomination as FCC chair, Carr addedCommissioner Carr is a warrior for free speech and has fought against the regulatory lawfare that has stifled Americans' freedoms and held back our economy,
Trump saidThe FCC's most recent budget request said that promoting DEI was the agency's second-highest strategic goal. Starting next year, the FCC will end its promotion of DEI,
Carr saidCarr doesn't care about protecting the public interest; he got this job because he will carry out Trump and Elon Musk's personal vendettas,
Aaron said in a statement