Fact-Checking Group Rebuts FCC’s Carr Over 'False Reports'

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2024 – NewsGuard responded Friday to a letter from the next Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Commissioner Brendan Carr, accusing him of relying on “false reports” with “low credibility scores” to inform recent statements he made about the organization. 

“Every statement in the letter about NewsGuard is false, citing unreliable sources,” NewsGuard, an organization that evaluates the credibility of news and information outlets, said in response to a letter Carr sent last week to the CEOs of major tech companies, including Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.

In his letter sent Wednesday Carr alleged that “Americans have lived through an unprecedented surge in censorship” in recent years, and specifically accused NewsGuard of being “part of the broader censorship cartel."