{"id":2082509,"date":"2023-10-28T16:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T20:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsguard-runs-cover-for-terrorists-in-fact-check-of-ben-shapiro\/"},"modified":"2023-10-28T16:33:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T20:33:18","slug":"newsguard-runs-cover-for-terrorists-in-fact-check-of-ben-shapiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsguard-runs-cover-for-terrorists-in-fact-check-of-ben-shapiro\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsGuard defends terrorists in fact-check of Ben Shapiro."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fnewsguard-runs-cover-for-terrorists-in-fact-check-of-ben-shapiro%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=2082509&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>The Blame Game: Media Monitoring \u2063Company Questions Terrorist Involvement in \u200cGaza Hospital Blast<\/h2>\n<h3>NewsGuard&#8217;s Doubts<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/establishment-media-outlets-crash-without-donald-trump-in-the-white-house\/\" title=\"Establishment Media Outlets Crash Without Donald Trump in the White House\">media monitoring company<\/a> that issues &#8220;trust scores&#8221; to news \u2064outlets \u200dis\u2062 casting \u2064doubt \u2063on\u2064 the assertion that terrorists are responsible for the deadly blast at \u200ca Gaza hospital. Despite U.S. intelligence confidently declaring this to be the case, \u200dNewsGuard claims there is still not \u200denough information to definitively blame Palestinian\u2062 Islamic Jihad.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200c an email response to\u200c The Daily\u2062 Wire, \u2064a senior\u200c analyst from \u2064NewsGuard expressed skepticism towards Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro&#8217;s\u200d commentary,\u2064 which attributes\u200c the blame to Palestinian terrorists.\u200d According to Valerie \u200cPavilonis, conflicting \u200baccounts have\u2064 prevented NewsGuard from\u2062 reaching \u2064a conclusive judgment.<\/p>\n<p>However, U.S. intelligence officials have already made their \u200dassessment public, \u200dstating\u200d that the hospital blast \u200dresulted\u2062 from a Palestinian rocket. Multiple video feeds and blast\u200d analysis led\u2064 to\u2062 the determination that the\u2064 rocket \u200coriginated\u200d from within Gaza and\u2062 was fired by Palestinian\u2063 militants.<\/p>\n<p>A video analysis\u2063 published by\u200b the Washington \u200cPost further supports these\u2062 findings, \u200cconfirming that rockets were launched towards Israel and the al-Ahli Hospital just seconds before the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro&#8217;s \u2062statements\u200b align with these\u200c conclusions, but NewsGuard disputes his claims. The only contradictory evidence comes from Palestinian militant groups, \u200bwho falsely \u2062claimed\u2062 that an Israeli airstrike caused\u200b over 500 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. intelligence\u200c officials attribute the misfire of\u2064 the\u2064 terrorist\u200c rocket to &#8220;catastrophic motor failure.&#8221; The \u200drocket&#8217;s warhead landed in \u2064the hospital \u200ccompound, causing \u200da \u200bsecond, larger explosion. The \u200caftermath scenes\u2062 and video footage \u2063support this assessment,\u200c as there was only \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsguard-runs-cover-for-terrorists-in-fact-check-of-ben-shapiro\/\" title=\"NewsGuard defends terrorists in fact-check of Ben Shapiro.\">light \u2063structural\u2062 damage consistent<\/a> with a misfired projectile.<\/p>\n<h3>Media Missteps and \u2063NewsGuard&#8217;s \u200bMission<\/h3>\n<p>Media outlets that initially blamed Israel\u200d based on \u200cinformation from \u200cGaza&#8217;s \u2064Ministry of Health were forced to retract their claims. The New York \u200bTimes \u200dadmitted \u200crelying too heavily on unverified information from terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>NewsGuard, \u2063a for-profit organization, aims to provide \u2063transparent tools\u200b to\u200b counter misinformation. It employs \u200ctrained journalists to rate\u200b and review outlets\u200b based on apolitical assessments \u2064of facts, \u200cassigning them a trust score from 0-100.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 remains \u200buncertain \u200cwhether NewsGuard\u200c will \u200dnegatively rate outlets that \u200bwrongly blamed Israel for the explosion.\u2062 NewsGuard analyst Valerie\u200b Pavilonis did \u2064not\u2064 respond to inquiries regarding their reluctance to attribute blame to Palestinian terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shapiro dismissed \u2063NewsGuard&#8217;s fact-checking\u2062 attempt as a mockery, criticizing their\u2062 refusal to acknowledge overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Critics\u2063 have also questioned the reliability of NewsGuard&#8217;s\u200b assessments, citing instances \u2064where they downgraded outlets reporting on the possibility of\u2062 COVID-19 originating from a Chinese lab.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2062news outlet in Washington, D.C.,\u200d has \u2064filed a lawsuit against NewsGuard, accusing them of\u200b labeling and defaming\u200d media organizations \u200cthat dissent from American foreign and \u2064defense policy. The lawsuit highlights a potential conflict of interest due to a $750,000 payment from the U.S. Department of \u2062Defense.<\/p>\n<p>Following the\u2064 publication of this \u200barticle, NewsGuard&#8217;s General Manager\u2062 Matt\u2062 Skibinski clarified \u200cthat no outlet has been\u2064 downgraded for stating\u2062 that terrorists\u2062 caused the explosion. NewsGuard is carefully examining each outlet&#8217;s reporting, including the certainty conveyed\u2064 and the promptness of \u200dcorrections\u2063 as new facts emerged.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is the impact of media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grants-reveal-federal-governments-horrific-plans-to-censor-all-americans-speech\/\" title=\"Grants Reveal Federal Government\u2019s Horrific Plans To Censor All Americans\u2019 Speech\">monitoring companies<\/a> like NewsGuard on public perception and trust in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-big-tech-and-media-actions-to-steal-the-election-heres-whats-going-on-in-pennsylvania-and-michigan\/\" title=\"Democrat, Big Tech and Media Actions to Steal the Election \u2013 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on in Pennsylvania and Michigan\">media outlets<\/a>?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ttack was not intentional, but the result of a technological malfunction. Despite this clarification,\u2063 NewsGuard maintains its \u200cdoubts, suggesting that there may be more to the story than what is currently known.<\/p>\n<p>The skepticism displayed\u2062 by NewsGuard raises questions about the\u200c role of media \u2062monitoring companies\u200b in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhodes-rage\/\" title=\"Rhodes Rage\">shaping public perception<\/a>. As a company that evaluates news sources for their \u2062trustworthiness and \u200breliability, \u200cNewsGuard wields significant influence over the public&#8217;s trust in media outlets. By casting doubt on the official assessment of the Gaza hospital blast, NewsGuard potentially undermines the credibility of U.S. intelligence and perpetuates uncertainty among the public.<\/p>\n<p>This incident \u2063also highlights the complexities and challenges of reporting in conflict zones. Conflicting accounts and misinformation can easily \u200bcloud \u2063the truth and hinder accurate reporting.\u200c In this case, the conflicting claims made by \u200cPalestinian militant groups \u200bfurther \u200bcomplicate the situation, making it difficult for news organizations \u200cand monitoring companies like NewsGuard to\u200c determine \u2064the truth definitively.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for media monitoring companies to exercise caution and remain objective when evaluating news stories. While it is\u2064 their responsibility to scrutinize\u2063 news\u2062 sources and provide accurate assessments, \u200dthey should not undermine official intelligence without concrete evidence \u2064or substantial reasoning. The trust scores assigned by NewsGuard can\u200d greatly impact public \u200copinion, and it is essential that such evaluations are grounded in factual information and rigorous analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza \u2064hospital blast serves as a\u2064 reminder of\u200d the importance of reliable and impartial \u200djournalism in conflict zones. Journalists and media organizations play a \u200ccritical role in providing accurate and unbiased information to the public, especially in situations where misinformation and propaganda are prevalent. It is imperative that news outlets and media monitoring companies\u2064 work together to disseminate truthful information and combat the spread\u200b of false narratives.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, NewsGuard&#8217;s doubts regarding the involvement of \u2064Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza hospital blast, despite\u2064 U.S. intelligence assessments, raise \u2063concerns about \u2062the influence and objectivity of media monitoring companies. While the complexities of reporting in\u2064 conflict zones and conflicting accounts can make it challenging to ascertain the truth definitively,\u2062 it is important for media monitoring companies to exercise caution and remain grounded in factual evidence when evaluating news stories. This incident serves as a reminder of the crucial role of reliable and impartial journalism in conflict zones and the importance of combating misinformation through \u2062rigorous reporting and \u2063analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>statement, the media monitoring company stated that despite U.S. intelligence&#8217;s declaration with &#8220;high confidence&#8221; that terrorists are responsible for the Gaza hospital blast, they still lack sufficient information to reach the same conclusion and issue &#8220;trust scores&#8221; to news outlets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":2082511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2082509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2082509","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\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2082511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}