{"id":1873158,"date":"2023-03-09T15:43:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disinformation-inc-ken-buck-presses-state-department-on-grants-to-conservative-blacklist-group\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T15:48:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:48:14","slug":"disinformation-inc-ken-buck-presses-state-department-on-grants-to-conservative-blacklist-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disinformation-inc-ken-buck-presses-state-department-on-grants-to-conservative-blacklist-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Disinformation Inc: Ken Buck presses State Department on grants to conservative blacklist group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdisinformation-inc-ken-buck-presses-state-department-on-grants-to-conservative-blacklist-group%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=1873158&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<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_75896093\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Disinformation Inc: Meet the groups hauling in cash to secretly blacklist conservative news\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Well-funded \" disinformation tracking groups are part of a stealth operation blacklisting and trying to defund conservative media likely costing the news companies large sums in advertising dollars washington examiner investigation found. major ad increasingly seeking guidance from purportedly claiming be detecting fighting online these same monitors compiling secret website blacklists feeding them with aim defunding shutting down disfavored speech according sources familiar situation public memos emails obtained by examiner.>               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M34S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-08 22:35:37\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1238569_th_1675896089.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1238569.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_75896093\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1238569\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><i>This is part a\u00a0<\/i>Washington Examiner\u00a0<i>series of self-styled &#8220;disinformation&#8221; Tracking groups trying to blacklist conservative media outlets and defund them.\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/disinformation\">Here<\/a>\u00a0This is the place to read more\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/gabe-kaminsky\">stories<\/a>\u00a0In the series.<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">R<\/span>ep. Ken Buck (R-CO), is pressing the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\">State Department<\/a> For more information, click here <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/equality-not-elitism\/disinformation-group-secretly-blacklisting-right-wing-outlets-bankrolled-state-department\">funding<\/a> Global Disinformation Index: A group which tracks the spread of disinformation. <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\">revealed is feeding conservative website blacklists<\/a> Advertisement companies <\/p>\n<p>The State Department supports the Global Engagement Center (and National Endowment for Democracy) and is a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nonprofits\">nonprofit<\/a> Records show that the GDI was granted $665,000 by the group between 2020-2021. Buck, who is on the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-judiciary-committee\">House Judiciary<\/a> House Foreign Affairs Committees and the Republican Lawmaker is the most recent to demand that the department disclose information about funding for GDI. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/60ec52f3801\/8f337544-14d1-4e6a-8a41-de0ca92dcfd2.pdf\">according<\/a> A letter that the congressman wrote Wednesday to Secretary Antony Blinken <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/disinformation-inc-republican-demands-state-department-investigate-global-disinformation-index\">DISINFORMATION INC: DARRELL ISSA DEMANDS STATE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE CONSERVATIVE BLACKLIST GROUP<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taxpayers employ the State Department and all its officials to promote their interests and protect the Constitution,&#8221; Buck sent his letter. &#8220;Paying foreign (and domestic) entities to perform what is essentially censorship is troubling on two fronts: it wastes taxpayer funds and undermines constitutional protections for freedom of speech.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>GDI <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\">compiles<\/a> You can find more information at &#8220;dynamic exclusion list&#8221; of conservative sites, including the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>It flags itself as one of the largest disinformation peddlers. It claimed the 10 &#8220;riskiest&#8221; News outlets can be found at <i>Daily Wire<\/i>The <i>New York Post<\/i>, <i>RealClearPolitics<\/i>The <i>Federalist<\/i>Websites that are right-leaning. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">              <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"GDI Letter From Rep. Buck to Sec Blinken\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/630443444\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-qkHU2zjAZXzxAFQQFeOF\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The group claims that they are actually claiming the &#8220;least risky&#8221; Sites can be found at <i>Associated Press<\/i>, <i>Insider<\/i>The <i>New York Times<\/i>, <i>USA Today<\/i>, <i>Buzzfeed News<\/i>, <i>HuffPost<\/i>Other left-leaning magazines and publications. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For these reasons, we request the U.S. Department of State cease all current and future taxpayer funding of the GDI and all other efforts from the State Department to fund &#8220;Research on disinformation&#8221; that silences American citizens,&#8221; Buck continued his letter. <\/p>\n<p>Buck sent his letter to Rep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/darrell-issa\">Darrell Issa<\/a> (R-CA), <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/disinformation-inc-republican-demands-state-department-investigate-global-disinformation-index\">urged<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Click Here to Read More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/disinformation-inc-ken-buck-state-department-funding-global-disinformation-index\">Disinformation Inc: Ken Buck presses State Department on grants to conservative blacklist group<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is part a\u00a0Washington Examiner\u00a0series of self-styled &#8220;disinformation&#8221; Tracking groups trying to blacklist conservative media outlets and defund them.\u00a0Here\u00a0This is the place to read more\u00a0stories\u00a0In the series. 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