The Department of State is cutting its funding of the Global Disinformation Index after reports surfaced in recent days that the London-based media watchdog group made concerted efforts to steer advertisers away from conservative-leaning websites in favor of more liberal ones.
The Global Disinformation Index labeled a number of right-leaning American media outlets as “risky” and encouraged advertisers to take their business elsewhere. The websites included the American Spectator, the Federalist, the Daily Wire, RealClearPolitics, Reason magazine, the New York Post, and the Washington Examiner, which broke the story of the GDI’s partisan leanings.
The GDI deemed a number of liberal outlets “least risky,” including ProPublica, National Public Radio, HuffPost, Buzzfeed News, and the Washington Post.
The GDI had received more than $300,000 in grants through two state department offices, one of them the National Endowment for Democracy
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