Thread by @jhaskinscabrera

1/ @NewsGuardRating has come after Alachua Chronicle, claiming we publish "misinformation." They completely ignored the vast quantity of original reporting on the site (I cover nearly every city and county commission meeting in detail, plus some school board meetings,...

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various crime stories, and other investigative work) and instead highlighted 2 letters to the editor, 2 submitted opinion pieces (one by an M.D.), and a factual news story.

3/ This is clearly marked as a letter to the editor. Here's what Newsguard said:

alachuachronicle.com/letter-lockdow…

4/ This is clearly marked as an opinion piece and links to LOTS of sources. This is particularly ironic because JAMA Peds had a study this week about the reality of hypercapnia with face masks.

Newsguard's take:

alachuachronicle.com/harold-saive-f…

5/ This is a letter to the editor that incorporates a piece from a medical doctor. Newsguard's take:

alachuachronicle.com/letter-neurosu…

6/ This article is completely factual and does not make the claims that Newsguard refutes. Newsguard's take:

alachuachronicle.com/dangerous-path…

7/ This is another opinion piece written by a medical doctor who treats COVID patients. But Newsguard thinks they know better:

alachuachronicle.com/behind-the-mas…

8/ Newsguard appears to be yet another "fact-checking organization" that in fact exists to promote propaganda and discredit any outlet that dares to publish dissenting opinions or even factual information that goes against the narrative.

Treat their conclusions accordingly.

Twitter doesn't do a good job of displaying both links and images. Note that the links to the stories are in the same tweets as the comments from Newsguard.

Lol, response from the NewsGuard investigator by email: "I am aware that the majority of these pieces are labeled as opinion, and I've noted that the website clearly distinguishes its opinion articles from news stories...

"However, we consider false information written as a statement to be false regardless of how it is labeled. "

I could have a field day with the non-factual statements made on a daily basis in the letters and opinion pieces in almost any newspaper...