{"id":1874542,"date":"2023-03-11T07:26:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T12:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disinformation-inc-12-republicans-press-state-department-over-grants-to-global-disinformation-index\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T07:28:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T12:28:07","slug":"disinformation-inc-12-republicans-press-state-department-over-grants-to-global-disinformation-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disinformation-inc-12-republicans-press-state-department-over-grants-to-global-disinformation-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Disinformation Inc: 12 Republicans press State Department over grants to Global Disinformation Index"},"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\">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-12-republicans-press-state-department-over-grants-to-global-disinformation-index%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=1874542&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_76659581\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"The Debrief: Gabe Kaminsky on conservative news blacklists\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Washington Examiner Investigative Reporter Gabe Kaminsky joins Sarah Westwood to discuss his series Disinformation Inc., which is exploring self-styled \" disinformation tracking groups that are blacklisting and trying to defund conservative media outlets.>               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M21S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-17 18:17:59\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1243581_th_1676658144.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1243581.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_76659581\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1243581\"} }); <\/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>This series focuses on self-described &#8220;disinformation&#8221; groups that track groups that blacklist conservative media and attempt to defund them.\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/disinformation\">Here<\/a>\u00a0Here you can find other information\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\">A<\/span> Dozens of Republican Members of Congress want answers <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\">The State Department<\/a> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/equality-not-elitism\/disinformation-group-secretly-blacklisting-right-wing-outlets-bankrolled-state-department\">It bankrolling<\/a> A &#8220;disinformation&#8221; The tracking group is the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> This is what it looks like <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blacklisting<\/a> Attempting to close down conservative websites. <\/p>\n<p>Republicans are proud <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/disinformation-inc-state-department-skirts-james-comers-conservative-blacklist-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continued<\/a> To <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/disinformation-inc-ken-buck-state-department-funding-global-disinformation-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Press<\/a> Secretary of State <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony Blinken<\/a> Two State Department-backed entities were the Global Engagement Center, and the National Endowment for Democracy. They granted $665,000 in 2020 and 2021 to support the Global Disinformation Index. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-GA, led 12 lawmakers who wrote a Saturday letter asking for grant information and explaining why the agency was funded. &#8220;foreign organization that polices and suppresses domestic American information.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/disinformation-inc-state-department-skirts-james-comers-conservative-blacklist-documents\">STATE DEPARTMENT MISSES DATED TO PROVIDE INFO ON CONSERVATIVE BLACKLISTS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These grants have real world implications, chilling freedom of expression and speech with impunity,&#8221; The Republicans wrote. &#8220;For example, considering the Energy Department and FBI&#8217;s new determination that the Coronavirus most likely arose from a Wuhan lab leak, this taxpayer funded British outfit pressured advertising companies to &#8216;punish&#8217; websites that dared to report on the entirely legitimate lab leak theory.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>GDI is a British nonprofit organization that has two U.S. non-profit groups linked to it. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\">Compiles<\/a> A &#8220;dynamic exclusion list&#8221; With at least 2000 sites, it considers itself to be one of the largest disinformation peddlers. It deems at least 2,000 sites to be the foremost disinformation peddlers. <i>Washington Examiner<\/i> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learned<\/a> Only that it&#8217;s on this list, which is what advertising companies use to determine which sites to defund. <\/p>\n<p>Separately, GDI also exists <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disinformationindex.org\/files\/gdi_us-mmr-22.pdf\"><\/a> The 10 &#8220;riskiest&#8221; News sites are the<i>\u00a0Federalist<\/i>The <i>American Conservative<\/i>?, <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\">              <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"3.11.23 Andrew Clyde Blinken Letter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/630674431\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-aUke5TYc6DNECNiyWDVp\" 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 majority of State Department-linked funds were handed to GDI. <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\">It was from<\/a> The National Endowment for Democracy is almost entirely funded by congressional appropriations. NED gave $545,000 to GDI to enable it to create disinformation between 2020-2021. &#8220;risk ratings&#8221; in foreign countries. <\/p>\n<p>However, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/disinformation-inc-state-department-backed-group-blacklisting-conservative-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last month, NED was announced<\/a> It will no longer be able to support GDI &#8220;to avoid the perception&#8221; It&#8217;s working! &#8220;any work domestically, directly or indirectly,&#8221; It focuses on matters of foreign policy. The State Department&#8217;s Global Engagement Center is still available. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-conservative-media-censored-blacklists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Granted<\/a> The U.S. Paris Tech Challenge will contribute $100,000 to GDI in 2021, a program that fights corruption. &#8220;disinformation&#8221; overseas, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/disinformation-inc-state-department-silent-on-if-it-will-ties-global-disinformation-index\">He has not made any similar<\/a> commitment. <\/p>\n<p>The Republicans wrote to the President on Saturday asking him questions. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\">State Department<\/a> It will find it &#8220;appropriate for a <i>de facto<\/i> foreign organization or individual to police&#8221; U.S. media outlets. They gave a March 30 deadline to answer all questions. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How does funding efforts to counter &#8216;disinformation&#8217; by a foreign agent in the amount of $665,000, through the two State Department-backed entities named herein, advance America&#8217;s national security and diplomatic interests?&#8221; Ask the legislators. <\/p>\n<p>The State Department was also questioned by the lawmakers over its legitimacy. &#8220;involved or consulted&#8221; In connection with GDI&#8217;s different anal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/disinformation-inc-republicans-state-department-grants-to-global-disinformation-index\">Disinformation Inc: 12 Republicans press State Department to stop funding Global Disinformation Index grants<\/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\u00a0This series focuses on self-described &#8220;disinformation&#8221; groups that track groups that blacklist conservative media and attempt to defund them.\u00a0Here\u00a0Here you can find other information\u00a0Stories\u00a0The series. 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