HA! NewsGuard FINALLY Downgrades NYT After MRC Repeatedly Called It Out
Media Industry,Media Bias,New York Times,Liberal Media Bias,NewsGuard
NewsGuard discovered that The New York Times was never worth its flawless 100/100 score, but apparently only after MRC Free Speech America repeatedly called it out.
NewsGuard finally downgraded The Timesβ perfect score Feb.1 to a lukewarm 87.5/100. NewsGuardβs beef with the legacy leftist publication was that it βno longer meets NewsGuard standards for handling the difference between news and opinion responsibly.β Wow, what a revelation! Has the dystopian website traffic cop been living under a rock?
The head-turning move by the media ratings firm came after MRC released three studies of NewsGuardβs ridiculously skewed ratings system across three consecutive years consistently showing NewsGuard heavily favoring left-leaning publications like The Times over right-leaning media. MRC has repeatedly called NewsGuard out for attempting to legitimize The Times as an effectively flawless, balanced outlet, despite mountains of evidence showing otherwise. MRC even released a mini-documentary in February 2023 on the firmβs bias.
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