NewsGuard

Luis Cornelio | December 19, 2024

The Democratic-led Senate has passed the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision that bans the Pentagon from funneling taxpayers’ dollars to media ratings firms that target news outlets that do not align with leftist…

Luis Cornelio | December 13, 2024

House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), have once again blocked the Pentagon from funneling taxpayer dollars to fund entities that censor news outlets not aligned with leftist dogma.

On Wednesday, the House of…

Joseph Vazquez | December 10, 2024

It looks like the Federal Communications Commission under Brendan Carr won’t be the only agency looking to tear down the government-backed dystopian activities of website traffic cop NewsGuard.

Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson…

Donald Perkins, Luis Cornelio | December 4, 2024

Federal Communications Commissioner and incoming Chair Brendan Carr is offering details on how he will succeed in his pledge to, once and for all, “smash” Big Tech’s censorship regime, including entities like NewsGuard.

Carr came out…

Joseph Vazquez | November 15, 2024

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr utilized Media Research Center analysis to put Big Tech and so-called media ratings firm NewsGuard on notice.

Carr sent a letter Wednesday to the respective CEOs of Google, Microsoft, Meta…

Catherine Salgado | October 29, 2024

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have taken leftist, biased media ratings firm NewsGuard to task for its ties to the Biden-Harris administration.

Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to NewsGuard Co-CEOs Steven…

Tom Olohan | October 25, 2024

In a shocking move, the official page dedicated to Free Speech Week promoted an event devoted to a new and pernicious type of censorship: media literacy. 

Free Speech Week was founded in 2005 by The Media Institute and the National…

Joseph Vazquez | September 19, 2024

As America braces for a wild 2024 election after the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, voters should be reminded why they shouldn’t trust legacy media talking heads like ABC’s The View co-host Ana Navarro who…

Catherine Salgado | July 31, 2024

Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and so-called media ratings firm NewsGuard halted its usual anti-free speech activity to “fact check” leftist fake news.

NewsGuard’s Reality Check published a fact check of leftist hysteria about…

Tom Olohan | July 26, 2024

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) revisited a huge Media Research Center (MRC) victory over a public-private partnership to censor publications on the right.

McCormick spoke with MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider about the…

Tom Olohan | July 10, 2024

The Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro took discredited leftist website ratings firm NewsGuard to task during his explosive testimony against advertiser group collusion.

On July 10, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the…

Tom Olohan | July 9, 2024

Mike Benz, a free speech advocate and former State Department official, said there is still hope for free speech on MRC UnCensored. 

MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider spoke with Benz about the devastating impact of…

Luis Cornelio | June 27, 2024

The House is set to send a strong message to the Pentagon regarding its collusion with leftist media ratings firms like NewsGuard: Enough is enough.

House Republicans introduced H.R. 8774 on Thursday, a Defense appropriations bill for…

Luis Cornelio | June 14, 2024

Somebody do a wellness check on the embattled media ratings firms NewsGuard and Ad Fontes.

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed 217 to 199 the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), featuring a provision that blocks the…

Luis Cornelio | June 14, 2024

Congress is finally taking the dystopian website traffic cop NewsGuard to task for its years-long vendetta against right-leaning media.

On Thursday, the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into NewsGuard over its assault…

Catherine Salgado | June 13, 2024

A writer for a pro-free speech outlet cited exclusive MRC research to urge state and federal lawmakers to take action to prevent election-interfering censorship collusion.

The Biden administration, private organizations, and Big Tech have…

Gabriela Pariseau | May 14, 2024

A federal judge secured an “important victory” and denied the Biden censorship regime’s attempts to quash a free speech lawsuit.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, The Daily Wire and The Federalist are jointly suing the State Department…

Tom Olohan | April 22, 2024

Yet another Soros-funded group just got caught trying to drive a wedge into the American-Israeli alliance, but The New York Times didn’t find any space to mention it in a news report. 

In an April 20 article, The New York Times…

Joseph Vazquez | April 9, 2024

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 Times’ perfect score Feb.1 to a…

Tom Olohan | April 4, 2024

Guess what entities House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has unveiled as key players in a major advertising boycott of right-leaning outlets?

On March 26, Jordan demanded documents from several high-profile companies…