{"id":2255850,"date":"2024-05-30T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/misinformation-honcho-says-jim-jordan-is-assaulting-ad-industry-by-asking-for-documents-that-could-prove-partisan-bias\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:46:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:46:30","slug":"misinformation-honcho-says-jim-jordan-is-assaulting-ad-industry-by-asking-for-documents-that-could-prove-partisan-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/misinformation-honcho-says-jim-jordan-is-assaulting-ad-industry-by-asking-for-documents-that-could-prove-partisan-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Misinformation&#8217; leader accuses Jim Jordan of &#8216;Attacking&#8217; Ad Industry by Requesting Documents on Partisan Bias"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmisinformation-honcho-says-jim-jordan-is-assaulting-ad-industry-by-asking-for-documents-that-could-prove-partisan-bias%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=2255850&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--><p>The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), under congressional\u2064 scrutiny for alleged collusion\u2062 promoting a leftist agenda, fears a\u2063 &#8220;chilling effect&#8221; \u200bon its initiatives. Rep. Jim Jordan&#8217;s oversight on GARM&#8217;s carbon emission\u2064 standards \u2064project is causing concerns. The \u2062House Judiciary Committee\u2062 dismisses claims of harassment, suggesting impending lawsuits. The situation raises potential legal repercussions and\u200d reveals partisan motivations within the industry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>An advertising industry trade group under congressional investigation for its role in alleged collusion between the world\u2019s largest companies to push a leftist agenda is worried that the investigation will have a \u201cchilling effect\u201d on its efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous sources from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) complained to Business Insider that congressional oversight from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has been an inconvenience that\u2019s distracting them from completing their latest project, \u201ca major piece of work that aims to create standards for measuring and disclosing carbon emissions produced by media and advertising,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/house-judiciary-committee-probe-garm-brand-safety-conservative-media-2024-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>GARM previously set standards that forbid companies from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/non-woke-chocolate-company-sells-500000-bars-quickly-after-launch\/\" title=\"Non-\u2018Woke\u2019 Chocolate Company Sells 500,000 Bars Quickly After Launch\">buying ad space<\/a> from media outlets that promote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mary-poppins-of-disinformation-returns-with-new-group-to-defend-disinformation-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cmisinformation,\u201d<\/a> while targeting mainstream conservative outlets including Fox News and The Daily Wire, Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/docs-show-corporate-giants-are-colluding-to-demonetize-conservative-platforms-judiciary-committee-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letters<\/a> to companies on GARM\u2019s Steer Team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvidence the Committee has obtained suggests that GARM members, led by Steer Team members, are colluding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/docs-show-corporate-giants-are-colluding-to-demonetize-conservative-platforms-judiciary-committee-says\/\" title=\"Judiciary Committee Reveals Corporate Giants' Alleged Conspiracy to Demonetize Conservative Platforms\">demonetize conservative platforms<\/a> and voices. Further, this coordination does not always revolve around \u2018brand safety\u2019 and \u2018harmful\u2019 content as GARM publicly claims, but instead the desire to censor conservative and other views that GARM members disfavor,\u201d Jordan wrote, saying such conduct could run afoul of antitrust laws.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous GARM sources acknowledged that roping major corporations, the kind that want to sell everyday goods to all Americans, into a partisan controversy is terrible for their members, saying the member companies that belong to GARM \u201cwant to avoid any kind of public qualm that has a partisan signature like the plague.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another advertising source complained of a \u201cchilling effect,\u201d apparently referring to having to change the way they operate to avoid such a left-wing signature.<\/p>\n<p>The Judiciary Committee responded to the complaint by saying that the notion that these corporate giants are being harassed is \u201claughable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that seven massive corporations are being harassed for having to comply with new documents requests is laughable,\u201d a committee spokesman said. \u201cThese companies know the evidence collected shows that members of GARM have worked for years to spread their personal biases and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-minority-leader-mccarthy-defends-free-speech-from-democrat-censorship\/\" title=\"House Minority Leader McCarthy defends free speech from Democrat censorship\">censor conservative voices<\/a> and journalists online. These companies are simply trying to get ahead of the incriminating evidence before it becomes public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GARM sources themselves seemed to support that in their comments to Business Insider, saying they were concerned that lawsuits could be imminent. Business Insider noted that documents obtained by Congress could be handed over to red-state attorneys general or to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-anyone-more-annoying-or-treacherous-than-barack-obama\/\" title=\"Is Anyone More Annoying or Treacherous than Barack Obama?\">conservative media outlets<\/a> who could use them to show that they were financially harmed by \u201cbrand safety\u201d initiatives that were secretly motivated by partisanship.<\/p>\n<p>Coming to the defense of GARM against claims that its anti-misinformation efforts are partisan is a group that stands to profit off of the \u201canti-misinformation\u201d regime while being closely tied to far-left groups.<\/p>\n<p>The chief strategy officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/media-ratings-firm-trying-to-influence-what-news-sites-you-visit-heavily-favors-left-leaning-outlets-over-conservative-journalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ad Fontes Media<\/a>, Lou Paskalis, said there is a \u201cblinding-you-with-paperwork aspect to Jim Jordan\u2019s assault on GARM,\u201d that the Republican was \u201cembarrassing himself,\u201d and that it wouldn\u2019t change GARM.<\/p>\n<p>Ad Fontes makes its money ranking media outlets by who it says peddles misinformation. The ratings firm sent out a celebratory email after Trump and his 18 Republican co-defendants were indicted in Georgia, praising the \u201cwheels of justice.\u201d The Media Research Center said, \u201cAd Fontes\u2019 whole ranking system is a lie aimed at telling Americans to trust the leftist media and not to trust anyone on the right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Ad Fontes\u2019 CEO and director of communications are also officials with Media Literacy Now, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-libertarian-activist-detained-handcuffed-by-campus-police-officers\/\" title=\"WATCH: Libertarian Activist Detained, Handcuffed By Campus Police Officers\">radical leftist group<\/a> that, on behalf of the U.S. Department of State, organized a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/state-department-paid-germans-to-bring-censorship-and-propaganda-to-u-s-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conference for teachers<\/a> that trained them in techniques used by Germany, which does not have a First Amendment, to \u201cinoculate\u201d children against misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>MLN also lobbies states to make laws requiring such \u201cmedia literacy\u201d training in schools, calling it a \u201ctool to create the society we all deserve: one that nurtures racial equity, social justice, and true democracy. Media literacy equals cultural change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-judge-slaps-down-biden-administrations-attempt-to-dismiss-daily-wire-censorship-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suing<\/a> the State Department for backing other \u201cmisinformation\u201d groups, arguing that they were aimed at financially harming domestic media that covered the administration skeptically.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A congressional investigation probing the alleged leftist agenda collusion among major companies has the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) concerned. They fear the scrutiny may hamper their initiatives, citing a potential &#8220;chilling effect.&#8221; Sources within GARM expressed worries to Business Insider about the impact of congressional oversight on their activities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":2255851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Jim-Jordan.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Jim-Jordan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255850","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\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}