{"id":1844553,"date":"2023-02-13T03:18:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T08:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1844553"},"modified":"2023-02-13T03:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T08:24:09","slug":"craigslist-craig-is-dumping-his-billions-into-fake-news-to-help-democrats-win-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/craigslist-craig-is-dumping-his-billions-into-fake-news-to-help-democrats-win-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Craigslist Craig Is Dumping His Billions Into Fake News To Help Democrats Win Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcraigslist-craig-is-dumping-his-billions-into-fake-news-to-help-democrats-win-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1844553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Craig Newmark, billionaire philanthropist and billionaire investor, spent approximately $1.2 million in the months leading up to the 2020 Presidential Election. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/angelauyeung\/2020\/08\/04\/craig-the-billionaire-behind-craigslist-is-spending-nearly-200-million-to-save-journalism-beat-president-trump-and-end-information-warfare\/?sh=554b7eea442f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$200 Million<\/a> News media projects that can help fight poverty \u201cdisinformation,\u201d Secure \u201cvoting integrity,\u201d Donald Trump defeat. More importantly, after a raft of multimillion-dollar gifts to New York\u2019s leading journalism schools, he is poised to shape the future of journalism. But, after the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2023\/02\/02\/misinformation-harvard-donovan-close\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dramatic collapse<\/a> One of his most important investments at The <a href=\"https:\/\/shorensteincenter.org\/programs\/technology-social-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvard Shorenstein Centre<\/a>, Newmark\u2019s low-profile news media meddling has been thrust into the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Newmark, if you&#8217;re curious, is Craig in Craigslist. Since leaving Craigslist 2000, he has been investing his wealth in what he calls philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, he established <a href=\"https:\/\/craignewmarkphilanthropies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Craig Newmark Philanthropies<\/a>He claimed that he had built the following: <a href=\"https:\/\/craignewmarkphilanthropies.org\/about-us\/craig-newmark-bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunday School principles<\/a> And the belief that \u201ca trustworthy press is the immune system of democracy.\u201d It\u2019s a charming sentiment but hardly believable. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FO1vwKjWDRE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 TWiT Tech podcast<\/a>Newmark repeated the same line but made a bold addition: \u201cA trustworthy press is the immune system of democracy. It failed us in 2016.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Newmark is a Bay Area leftist. He has been a Bay Area leftist since 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/donor-lookup\/results?name=Craig+newmark&#038;order=desc&#038;page=2&#038;sort=D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Numerous large political donations<\/a> To the DNC, and to individual well-known Democrat candidates including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michelatindera\/2021\/02\/17\/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-joe-bidens-2020-presidential-campaign\/?sh=50b9a4a721c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$105,000<\/a> Joe Biden 2020 and beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/atpropublica\/propublica-announces-1-million-in-support-from-craig-newmark-philanthropies-for-electionland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1 million donation<\/a> ProPublica will fund its funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/electionland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electionland Project<\/a>. He donated $500,000 for the leftist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawyerscommittee.org\/craig-newmark-philanthropies-partners-with-national-lawyers-committee-to-combat-voter-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law<\/a> organization. This group is a vehicle to push DNC policies, including the possibility of suing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawyerscommittee.org\/?s=mail+in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Expanded mail in voting<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawyerscommittee.org\/?s=voter+id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposing voter ID laws<\/a>. He will be retiring in 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/civilrights.org\/edfund\/2019\/10\/21\/the-education-fund-receives-5m-gift-from-craig-newmark-philanthropies-to-help-strengthen-american-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donated $5 Million<\/a> For similar purposes, please contact The Leadership Conference Education Fund. While claiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Q80K1XJ5VE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protect voting integrity<\/a> He does so for altruistic purposes, but he also meddles in politics for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>Newmark was a Democrat who, like many others, responded to Donald Trump&#8217;s 2016 election with extreme political radicalization. Newmark was unable to accept Trump&#8217;s win and became obsessed with conspiracy theories about Russian influence. He still mentioned Russian bot farms and trolls in his 2022 TWiT podcast. These were the people he believed influenced the election by spreading disinformation via social media. These claims have been proved false by recent research.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/about\/news-publications\/news\/2023\/january\/exposure-to-russian-twitter-campaigns-in-2016-presidential-race-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Study<\/a> New York University was the lead in this study, even though it led left-leaning outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2023\/1\/20\/23559214\/russia-2016-election-trolls-study-email-hack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vox<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobin.com\/2023\/01\/hillary-clinton-russian-bots-2016-presidential-election-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jacobin<\/a> It is important to let go of the idea that Russia has been a decisive factor in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Newmark fell into the conspiracy theory rabbit hole despite the Russian-interference hoax. Problem is, this conspiracy theorist has a millionaire.<\/p>\n<p>What followed his 2016 radicalization were large donations to several left-wing organizations to combat supposed election-altering disinformation, also known as information that\u2019s unfavorable to Democrats, in the run-up to 2020. One beneficiary was <a href=\"https:\/\/craignewmarkphilanthropies.org\/newsroom\/first-draft-launches-nationwide-project-to-help-prepare-us-newsrooms-for-online-threats-ahead-of-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Draft<\/a>To support the effort, he was awarded $1.5 million. But, he also partnered <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinitiative.withgoogle.com\/impact2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google News<\/a> \u2014 a strategic partner of his foundation \u2014 to push its work into newsrooms across America prior to the election is a terrifying portent of political narrative control to come. The Foundation was also awarded $5 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poynter Institute<\/a> to establish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founder of Craigslist is using his fortune to further shape journalism into partisan activism that peddles lies to help Democrats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1724,"featured_media":1844556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[11154,18201,18446,3685,6204,6571,7487,4133,7627],"class_list":["post-1844553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-billions","tag-craig","tag-craigslist","tag-democrats","tag-dumping","tag-elections","tag-fake","tag-news","tag-win"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1724"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1844556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}