This Blog Will Be Censored by NewsGuard; on Moderation; Open Thread
Merry Christmas!
IGOR CHUDOV
DEC 24

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Merry Christmas, dear readers! May your holiday season be filled with joy, love, and mutual acceptance. I am agnostic and not religious, but I have always loved Christmas and enjoyed seeing little children excitedly awaiting the mysterious chimney guest. My best wishes to readers of all creeds, and I appreciate every one of you, your subscriptions, and your comments.

NewsGuard Angling to Censor My Blog

Newsguard is a well-financed, shadowy partisan group pretending to be a neutral arbiter of which websites are “reliable” and which are not. While the good news is that I am important enough for them to react to, the bad news is that NewsGuard is angling to declare my blog an “unreliable news source.” I received this email from them:

NewsGuard is asking me to “disclose my anti-COVID-vaccine perspective.” At the same time, they are not asking Pfizer-sponsored pro-COVID-vaccine media to disclose their “pro-COVID-vaccine” bias. It’s a bit unfair, I would say and shows how flawed NewsGuard’s process is.

In any case, do expect my blog to be rated an “unreliable news source” and blocked by major social networks such as Facebook. Oh well.