Because we are trained journalists who have spent our careers dedicated to the profession. We care deeply about reliable journalismâ(TM)s pivotal role in democracy. (In case youâ(TM)re wondering, our experienced journalists come from diverse backgrounds and have no political axes to grind.)
Because you can see the credentials and backgrounds of everyone responsible for every NewsGuard reliability rating and Nutrition Label that you read. For the names and biographies of ou
The problem with this NewsGuard extension is that the more likely someone is to need it, the less likely they are to want it (and the more likely they are to actively dislike the idea of it).
For a tool that claims they care about transparency [newsguardtech.com] they really do their best to prevent you from looking up a list of sites and their ratings.
If anyone is interested, I dug into the code for the chrome extension and grabbed their API URL so you can look up sites without having to install their extension:
Because we are trained journalists who have spent our careers dedicated to the profession. We care deeply about reliable journalismâ(TM)s pivotal role in democracy. (In case youâ(TM)re wondering, our experienced journalists come from diverse backgrounds and have no political axes to grind.)
Because you can see the credentials and backgrounds of everyone responsible for every NewsGuard reliability rating and Nutrition Label that you read. For the names and biographies of ou
My policy is to never trust someone who is making a point of trying to convince me they are trustworthy.
Trustworthiness should be evident in your actions and no amount of assurances will be enough if that isn't true.
The problem with this NewsGuard extension is that the more likely someone is to need it, the less likely they are to want it (and the more likely they are to actively dislike the idea of it).
I guess Microsoft is competing with Google in the Wokelympics.
For a tool that claims they care about transparency [newsguardtech.com] they really do their best to prevent you from looking up a list of sites and their ratings.
If anyone is interested, I dug into the code for the chrome extension and grabbed their API URL so you can look up sites without having to install their extension:
- Trusted: CNN [newsguardtech.com]
- Trusted: Daily Caller [newsguardtech.com]
- Trusted: The Independent [newsguardtech.com]
- Trusted: Mother Jones [newsguardtech.com] (lol)
- Trusted: Huffington Post [newsguardtech.com] (lol)
- Trusted: The Daily Beast [newsguardtech.com] (lol)
- Trusted: BuzzFeed News [newsguardtech.com] (ok this is