{"id":1873663,"date":"2023-03-10T05:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disinformation-inc-state-department-misses-deadline-to-provide-info-on-conservative-blacklists\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T05:30:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:30:17","slug":"disinformation-inc-state-department-misses-deadline-to-provide-info-on-conservative-blacklists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disinformation-inc-state-department-misses-deadline-to-provide-info-on-conservative-blacklists\/","title":{"rendered":"Disinformation Inc: State Department misses deadline to provide info on conservative blacklists"},"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\">24<\/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-state-department-misses-deadline-to-provide-info-on-conservative-blacklists%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=1873663&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; 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_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 that are trying to blacklist and defund conservative media.\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/disinformation\">Here<\/a>\u00a0This is where you will find more\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/gabe-kaminsky\">Stories<\/a>\u00a0The series.<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/b> <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>He <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\">State Department<\/a> Rep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY), to provide documents relating to the funding of the agency <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\">Global Disinformation Index<\/a>, which blacklists conservative media outlets. <\/p>\n<p>Comer, Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/disinformation-inc-james-comer-state-department-funding-blacklisting-conservatives\">Requirements<\/a> On Feb. 23, the department requested that records concerning GDI be turned over by March 9. These records were related to GDI which received $665,000 from the State Department. This total was for 2020-2021. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/equality-not-elitism\/disinformation-group-secretly-blacklisting-right-wing-outlets-bankrolled-state-department\">Global Engagement Center<\/a>  <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/equality-not-elitism\/disinformation-inc-government-backed-organization-sent-315-000-to-group-blacklisting-conservative-news\">National Endowment for Democracy<\/a>The non-profit group is. The committee reports that the State Department missed the deadline but has been in touch to Comer. <\/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 PARTMENT INVESTIGATE CONSERVATIVE BLIST GROUP<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The State Department has informed us that it is working on identifying and producing documents that are responsive to Chairman Comer&#8217;s request,&#8221; The spokesperson for the House Oversight and Accountability Committee said that the spokesperson told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. &#8220;We will continue to press the State Department to provide answers about passing taxpayer dollars to groups attempting to blacklist conservative news outlets.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Republicans, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/disinformation-inc-james-comer-press-biden-conservative-blacklists\">Includes<\/a> Comer, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/equality-not-elitism\/disinformation-inc-gop-slams-government-for-funding-group-blacklisting-conservative-news\">continue to raise concerns<\/a> over the State Department funding GDI. The <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\">first reported<\/a> GDI blacklist in February. The disinformation tracker claimed that 10 &#8220;riskiest&#8221; Outlets are available<i>\u00a0Federalist<\/i>The <i>American Conservative<\/i>The <i>Daily Wire<\/i>, <i>RealClearPolitics,<\/i> The <i>New York Post<\/i>, and other right leaning outlets. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"443\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"443\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"372\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"372\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"612\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"612\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> Rep. James Comer                 <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)                 <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Comer requests records from the State Department to help him with his grant application &#8220;used to suppress&#8221; News groups in the United States and to GDI as well as communications among government contractors, employees and grantees both in the U.S.A. and abroad &#8220;relating to any efforts to suppress so-called mis-, dis-, or mal- information uttered or hosted by any individual or organization within the United States.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He also wants records that show the identities of those who may have encouraged him. &#8220;a third party to take action&#8221; United States entities that host content determined or funded by the federal government are prohibited from being &#8220;disinformation&#8221; Or &#8220;misinformation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Committee is disturbed by recent reporting that taxpayer money ended up in the hands of a foreign organization running an advertising blacklist of organizations accused of hosting disinformation on their websites, including several conservative-leaning news organizations,&#8221; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/disinformation-inc-james-comer-state-department-funding-blacklisting-conservatives\">Comer wrote<\/a> in his February 23, 2003 letter to Secretary Antony Blinken. <\/p>\n<p>In Comer&#8217;s letter, the State Department was also requested to brie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/disinformation-inc-state-department-skirts-james-comers-conservative-blacklist-documents\">Disinformation Inc. State Department misses deadline for providing information about conservative blacklists<\/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 that are trying to blacklist and defund conservative media.\u00a0Here\u00a0This is where you will find more\u00a0Stories\u00a0The series. EXCLUSIVE \u2014 THe State Department Rep. James Comer (R-KY), to provide documents relating to the funding of the agency Global Disinformation Index, which blacklists conservative media outlets. 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