Media trust ranker NewsGuard launches in UK to counter fake news Archived Message Posted by Tomski on April 25, 2019, 1:43 pm https://www.rt.com/news/457468-newsguard-nato-russiagate-fake-news/ Media trust ranker NewsGuard launches in UK by greenlighting tabloids, adding ex-NATO chief to board NewsGuard, the trust-rating outfit that continues to approve of US media that spread the Russiagate conspiracy theory, has expanded operations to the UK and added a former NATO chief to its advisory board. Announcing its UK debut on Wednesday, NewsGuard bragged about including Anders Fogh Rasmussen to their advisory board, describing him only as “former prime minister of Denmark.” While he did serve in that capacity between 2001 and 2009, his most recent public office was secretary-general of NATO (2009-2014), which NewsGuard omits from their tweet – but not from the Advisory Board page. Rasmussen’s colleagues on NewsGuard’s board include former US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden, as well as the self-described former “chief propagandist” for the US government Richard Stengel. Other new additions to the board are Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Richard Sambrook, former “Director of Global News for the BBC” who now provides “editing and editorial guidance” for NewsGuard’s “nutrition labels.” Those labels rank news outlets оn a number of categories, which are then combined into a trustworthiness score, expressed as a green checkmark or red “x.” There is a certain pattern in which kinds of outlets get the former and which get the latter. Etc. Message Thread: Media trust ranker NewsGuard launches in UK to counter fake news - Tomski April 25, 2019, 1:43 pm It will be a good reverse touchstone, just as Thatcher was: whatever she boosted, you knew would be - Rhisiart Gwilym April 25, 2019, 6:03 pm I saw something on this yesterday in the fraud - Raskolnikov April 25, 2019, 7:24 pm Re: I saw something on this yesterday in the fraud - Tomski April 25, 2019, 8:29 pm The internet, which started as a clean source of information for academics - Shyaku April 26, 2019, 9:47 am I recall getting my first modem and tapping into Janet ... - Tomski April 26, 2019, 11:51 am Gopher! Dems was t'days. Nm - Shyaku April 27, 2019, 11:38 am Newsgutted Orwellian style - it's all in Newspeak in the 21st Century nm - CJ April 26, 2019, 3:44 am   Searching