The House Oversight Committee has initiated an investigation into a news-rating system that ranks news outlets based on trustworthiness. The focus of the probe is on whether the ratings group's contracts with federal agencies influence the news it attempts to suppress.
Oversight Chair James Comer expressed concerns about NewsGuard's impact on protected First Amendment speech and its potential role as a non-transparent agent of censorship campaigns. The committee is seeking documents from NewsGuard's CEOs regarding their business relationships with government entities, adherence to bias policies, conflict of interest management, and actions that may delegitimize factual information.
