{"id":2292214,"date":"2024-07-10T19:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T23:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-group-under-spotlight-in-gop-report-for-alleged-censorship-of-conservatives-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T23:11:00","slug":"media-group-under-spotlight-in-gop-report-for-alleged-censorship-of-conservatives-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-group-under-spotlight-in-gop-report-for-alleged-censorship-of-conservatives-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Media group under spotlight in GOP report for alleged censorship of conservatives &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fmedia-group-under-spotlight-in-gop-report-for-alleged-censorship-of-conservatives-washington-examiner%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=2292214&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 GOP-led House Judiciary Committee released a \u2064report\u200d accusing a media coalition, specifically the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, of \u2062censoring conservatives and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-launch-antitrust-investigation-into-climate-obsessed-corporate-cartel\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Launch Antitrust Investigation Into Climate-Obsessed Corporate \u2018Cartel\u2019\">violating antitrust laws<\/a>. The report\u200b alleges that GARM discussed blocking \u200dcertain news outlets like Fox\u200d News, the Daily \u200cWire, and\u2063 Breitbart\u2064 News. Republicans claim that GARM coordinated with\u200b various entities to censor conservatives, leading to a \u200bviolation of antitrust laws. This report sheds light on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/penguin-random-house-and-authors-sue-iowa-over-book-ban\/\" title=\"Penguin Random House and authors take legal action against Iowa&#039;s book ban\">ongoing debate surrounding censorship<\/a> and the\u2064 influence of media\u200c groups\u2064 on \u200cdigital platforms.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Media group under spotlight in GOP report for alleged censorship of conservatives<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/gabe-kaminsky\/\">Gabe Kaminsky<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-10T18:49:01-04:00\">July 10, 2024 6:49 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696133\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>media<\/a> coalition is under the spotlight in a new report from the GOP-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-judiciary-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Judiciary Committee<\/a> for allegedly censoring conservatives and, in the telling of the Republican majority, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftc-sues-meta-facebook-to-stop-them-from-monopolizing-whatever-the-metaverse-is\/\" title=\"FTC Sues Meta\/Facebook to Stop Them From Monopolizing Whatever the Metaverse Is\">violating antitrust law<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The report, released Wednesday, zeroes in on the influence of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, a \u201ccross-industry initiative established by the World Federation of Advertisers to address the challenge of harmful content on digital media platforms and its monetization via advertising,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/wfanet.org\/leadership\/garm\/about-garm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to GARM. But Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, led by its chairman, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jim Jordan<\/a> (R-OH), say GARM has sought to starve conservative media outlets of advertising dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGARM and its members discussed a strategy of blocking certain news outlets like Fox News, the <em>Daily Wire<\/em>, and <em>Breitbart News<\/em>,\u201d the committee said in the report, citing an email from an executive affiliated with GARM claiming he \u201chated their ideology and bulls**t.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reported in August of last year that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2583861\/musks-x-influenced-by-censorship-group-republicans-allege-may-violate-federal-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>X <\/a>was relying on GARM\u00a0to inform what ads run on its site. That was despite the fact that, according to the congressional report, GARM \u201crecommended that its members \u2018stop[] all paid advertisement\u2019 on Twitter in response to Mr. Musk\u2019s acquisition of the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans say GARM violated antitrust law by coordinating the censorship of conservatives with various entities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty years ago, the Supreme Court described collusion as \u2018the supreme evil of antitrust.\u2019 Today, this description remains true,\u201d the report said. \u201cIf collusion among powerful corporations capable of collectively demonetizing, and in effect eliminating, certain views and voices is allowed to continue, the ability of countless American consumers to choose what to read and listen to, or even have their speech or writing reach other Americans, will be destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report notably cites the work of the Global Disinformation Index, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/2801668\/disinformation-inc-meet-the-groups-hauling-in-cash-to-secretly-blacklist-conservative-news-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a British group<\/a> that the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> revealed through an investigative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance\/2773271\/disinformation-inc-state-department-bankrolls-group-secretly-blacklisting-conservative-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>series<\/a> worked to blacklist conservative media outlets from advertising dollars and received funding from the government.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out for comment to GARM. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696133\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696133\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A media group is being scrutinized in a new report by the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee for allegedly censoring conservatives and potentially violating antitrust laws. The report focuses on the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, which aims to address harmful content on digital platforms and its monetization through advertising. According to the committee, GARM has been accused of trying to deprive conservative media outlets of advertising revenue by blocking them from certain platforms. The report also mentions collusion among powerful corporations in censoring conservative voices, which could limit consumer choice and freedom of speech. The report highlights the work of the Global Disinformation Index, which has been accused of blacklisting conservative media outlets from advertising opportunities. The Washington Examiner reached out to GARM for comment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2292215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24082654889911-scaled-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6371,4539,34586,34585],"class_list":["post-2292214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-censorship","tag-conservatives","tag-gop-report","tag-media-group"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24082654889911-scaled-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292214","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}