Thread by @themarketswork

The New York Times on March 9, 2021, published an article containing incorrect information about The Epoch Times prepared by a shadowy firm.
theepochtimes.com/shadowy-firm-u…

The article, authored by Davey Alba, centers around the inaccurate claim that The Epoch Times is connected to “more than a dozen sites”... without providing any evidence nor stating which websites it’s referring to.

The claim is not a result of The New York Times’ own reporting, but rather based on information that the newspaper was handed by a third party.

In its correction, The New York Times states that the actual “source of the data” is “Advance Democracy.”

Daniel Jones, a former congressional staffer, founded Advance Democracy Inc. in 2018.

The organization operates largely in the shadows, running a website that only states, “Advance Democracy, Inc.

The NYT also revealed a connection between Advance Democracy and a foreign entity named “Global Disinformation Index,” saying, “The data was provided by Advance Democracy, a research group, and analyzed by the nonprofit Global Disinformation Index, not provided solely by GDI.”

Global Disinformation Index is based in the UK. Its stated goal is to “defund and down-rank” websites it considers as containing “disinformation.” The group has admitted to working with “governments.”

If you don't know who Daniel Jones is, the Federalist has a great article on his background and some of his past activities.
h/t @MZHemingway & @seanmdav
thefederalist.com/2018/02/20/is-…

More on Jones here:

Text messages to SSCI Mark Warner show that Deripaska’s lawyer, Waldman, was in touch with both Steele and Jones in March 2017.

Steele had also been in direct contact with Jones.
theepochtimes.com/did-former-fei…