Yes, Ground News Is A Psyop. – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS Tired of Ground News and other aggregators peddling state department approved, pro-corporate slop? Give worker-owned media a try! You can get 20% off Means TV with my link: means.tv/programs/secondthought or by using the code SECONDTHOUGHT at checkout. I post bonus content for every episode! Check it out, you’re gonna love it. Citations and Further Reading: Eric (Literate Machine’s) Videos https://youtu.be/AjF9W91aRwg https://youtu.be/CqE-SrgvTh4 Ad Fontes https://x.com/adfontesmedia/status/2089442212794765751 https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive/ https://adfontesmedia.com/high-reliability-sources-low-bias-tvchart-july2025/ AllSides, Ground News, Ad Fontes, etc. in the journalistic landscape https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the-business-of-balance-ground-news.php https://tamarapearson.medium.com/the-ad-fontes-media-bias-chart-is-full-of-bias-and-problems-by-a-journalist-5b297fba7db1 Ground News founder interview https://youtu.be/4E0FJND3qkA Ground News study https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10871475/ Ground News and ownership https://ground.news/frequently-asked-questions https://ground.news/rating-system GN parent company board of directors https://www.canadacompanyregistry.com/companies/snapwise-inc/ Joe Ricketts https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/20/the-ricketts-family-was-a-big-backer-of-nevertrump-now-joe-ricketts-is-supporting-trump/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/19/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-donald-trumps-2020-presidential-campaign/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/sports/cubs-ricketts.html#%3A~%3Atext=“we+cannot+ever+let+Islam+become+a+large+part+of+our+society%2C”+and+that+“Muslims+are+naturally+my+(our)+enemy.” https://sports.yahoo.com/cubs-patriarch-joe-ricketts-condemns-islam-leaked-emails-muslims-naturally-enemy-001154007.html#%3A~%3Atext=“good+one”+–+a%2Cgetting+very+close!" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/nyregion/dnainfo-gothamist-shutting-down.html https://www.jezebel.com/gothamist-deleted-negative-coverage-of-its-new-owner-1793085352 Who works at media rating agencies https://adfontesmedia.com/advisory-board/ https://www.allsides.com/contact/team https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/about/#%3A~%3Atext=Dave+retains+final+editorial+authority%2C https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/media-bias-fact-check-mbfc/ Methodologies https://adfontesmedia.com/methodology-white-paper/#%3A~%3Atext=in+the+past.-%2CVII.+Machine+Learning%2FAI%2Cthat+the+standard+deviation+between+human+analysts+is+approximately+three+points.%2C-VIII.+Continuous+Improvement Quillette https://quillette.com/2016/03/31/criminologys-wonderland-why-almost-everything-you-know-about-crime-is-wrong/ https://quillette.com/2017/03/27/a-tale-of-two-bell-curves/ https://ground.news/interest/quillette Reason https://reason.org/about-reason-foundation/ https://www.allsides.com/news-source/reason-media-bias The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/s/second-thought https://www.allsides.com/news-source/free-press-media-bias-0 The Atlantic/Graeme Wood https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isis-and-academic-veil-islamophobia https://www.allsides.com/news-source/atlantic-media-bias https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/gaza-death-count/678400/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/ Conservative media takeover https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paramount-global-skydance-media-merger/ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/06/bari-weiss-cbs-news-paramount-free-press https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/paramount-settles-with-california-other-states-clearing-major-hurdle-warner-bros-2026-09-21/ https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-5981103/cnn-is-getting-new-owners-with-close-ties-to-trump https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/media/trump-claims-ban-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house https://theintercept.com/2026/07/27/breakthrough-news-journalists-subpoena https://theintercept.com/2026/08/24/pentagon-military-journalist-blacklist-press-media/ Israel and the press https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/ https://theintercept.com/2025/07/30/new-york-times-hamas-aid-israel-gaza-famine/ https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/ https://rsf.org/en/israel-s-arguments-denying-foreign-reporters-access-gaza-are-spurious https://x.com/Timesofgaza/status/1394909292051013633 https://www.ap.org/media-center/ap-in-the-news/2021/shocking-and-horrifying-israel-destroys-ap-office-in-gaza/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-war.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-disinformation.html
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