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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard)

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COO at NewsGuard - rating news source reliability, tracking false claims and misinformation, and safeguarding AI - newsguardtech.com

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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The @newsguard.bsky.social browser extension now works on top AI chatbots, helping you understand the reliability of the sources underlying each response.
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"This vulnerability has potentially significant real-world consequences, empowering bad actors to dispute reality by citing a detection tool to argue that a given image is fake. It also unfairly maligns those posting the real images." Full report: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/the-proble...
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The Problem With AI Image Detection Tools
PLUS: Ivermectin is a Cure for Hantavirus? NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Another thing for us all to worry about with the rise of deepfakes: Sometimes AI detection tools can themselves fuel false narratives. Our team at @newsguard.bsky.social tested 5 leading AI image detection tools on 15 real photos about news events. One tool flagged 40% of them as AI-generated.
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Very cool to see this story about @inquirer.com's transformation and how it and @lenfestinstitute.org pioneered the philanthropy + reader revenue model to do it. Would be great to see this approach replicated elsewhere! pressgazette.co.uk/north-americ...
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How paywall plus philanthropy saved The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer returned to profitability for the first time since 2004 thanks to philanthropic funding.
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Something has changed with Claude. In the latest audit by our team at @newsguard.bsky.social, Claude repeated Russian disinfo claims 15% of the time — ~4X the rate in previous audits — and *every* false answer cited Russian state-affiliated media. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/claudes-fo...
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"Last week, rather than waiting for a ruling from a federal judge ... the FTC withdrew its demand for information from NewsGuard. This wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t decided to stand up and fight in court rather than bend to government pressure..." www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/we-just-sc...
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We just scored a big win against government censorship — but the censors are doubling down
The FTC dropped its investigation of NewsGuard. Now it’s organizing a boycott instead.
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This morning, @newsguard.bsky.social filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission for violating our rights under the First Amendment to publish apolitical reporting about false claims and the reliability of news sources. Here's why we did it: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/why-weve-j...
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Why We've Just Sued the Government
Sharing A Statement from NewsGuard's Co-Founders About Our Fight for Freedom of Speech
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
As to why they're obsessing over us at @newsguard.bsky.social -- it seems this report from our team (link below) struck a nerve. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russian-di...
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Russian Disinformation Campaign Targets Moldova’s Pro-EU President Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
By Eva Maitland
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Reporting about misinformation can often feel abstract and almost academic. But this story by our team @newsguard.bsky.social is a great reminder that there are often real people impacted by false claims that spread online. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/it-was-ter...
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'It was Terrifying,' Student Misidentified as FSU Shooter Tells NewsGuard
PLUS: Kremlin Targets Moldova’s Pro-Europe President; Milwaukee Judge Smeared with AI Mugshots
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The latest from our team @newsguard.bsky.social: Elon Musk’s false claims get 825.2 million views on X www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/musks-28-f...
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Elon Musk’s 28 False Claims Get 825.2 Million Views
From $50 million taxpayer dollars for condoms in Gaza to a 40% pay increase for Congress, Musk is correct that some of his claims are “incorrect”
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
For all the hype about DeepSeek, a NewsGuard audit found that the chatbot failed to provide accurate information in response to news prompts 83.33% of the time—and often repeated misinformation to users: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/deepseek-d...
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DeepSeek Debuts with 83 Percent ‘Fail Rate’ in NewsGuard’s Chatbot Red Team Audit
The new Chinese AI tool finished 10th out of 11 industry players
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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Pro-Kremlin sources are citing a fabricated video claiming that eight Ukrainian military officials owned mansions in Southern California that were lost in the wildfires. Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/154910460/...
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Wild Claims About L.A. Wildfires Get Millions of Views
NewsGuard has identified and debunked 18 false claims related to the wildfires
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
You've probably never heard of John Mark Dougan, but our team at @newsguard.bsky.social has linked him to no fewer than 32 disinformation narratives and 171 websites masquerading as local news outlets this year. That's why our team named him our "2024 Disinformer of the Year."
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
"Newsmax and OANN have the right to criticize NewsGuard, and they exercise that right vehemently," writes @newsguard.bsky.social Co-CEO Steven Brill. "What they should not be able to do is enlist our government to help them." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Opinion | Trump’s FCC and FTC Chairs Say I Run a Censorship ‘Cartel.’ Here’s the Truth.
Journalists should be accountable to readers — not government censors.
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
"Journalists should always be prepared and eager to defend their work to their reader," writes Steve Brill, Co-CEO of @newsguard.bsky.social. "But not to the government. Not in America." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Opinion | Trump’s FCC and FTC Chairs Say I Run a Censorship ‘Cartel.’ Here’s the Truth.
Journalists should be accountable to readers — not government censors.
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John Gregory @johngregoryx.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
NewsGuard, backed by legal experts, argues that Carr’s letter may violate the First Amendment by threatening the speech rights of private companies. “The only attempt to censor going on here is by Brendan Carr,” Crovitz said in an interview. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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This company rates news sites’ credibility. The right wants it stopped.
NewsGuard, which prizes its nonpartisan criteria, has become a prime target of the GOP’s battle against disinformation watchdogs.
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Newsmax has been telling anyone who will listen that it is the victim of a widespread advertising boycott against conservatives. But its investor materials tell a different story, boasting of 228% revenue growth as "Top Advertisers Turn to Newsmax." www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/commentary...
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Commentary: Newsmax misleads incoming Trump regulators, claiming ad boycott while investor pitch boasts of 228% ad sales growth from top brands
Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it.
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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Conservative social media users are sharing a doctored press release to claim that Donald Trump and RFK Jr. ordered the arrest of a Dallas woman whom conspiracy theorists connect to the 1963 assassination of JFK. Read it in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/152839852/...
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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A new @issueonereform.bsky.social report using NewsGuard data reveals that foreign adversaries spread 160+ false narratives during the 2024 U.S. election. Russia, Iran & China played key roles, with false election-related stories spiking before Election Day. Read it: issueone.org/articles/flo...
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Flooding the Gap - Issue One
Jamie Neikrie and Liana Keesing authored this report. Michael Beckel, Angelina Clapp, Alix Fraser, Abigail Gaetz, Oliver Ni, and Claire Woodall contributed to this report.
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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
🔹Multiple Chatbots Lacked Information on U.S. Presidential Election Results🔹 NewsGuard's November AI Misinformation Monitor examines the top 10 chatbots, including xAI's Grok and Google's Gemini. Read our full report here: www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...
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November 2024 AI Misinformation Monitor of Leading AI Chatbots - NewsGuard
NewsGuard’s journalists spent 2023 rating and updating ratings for more than 35,000 news and information sources accounting for more than 95% of online engagement with news, cataloging more than 1,800...
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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Liberals falsely claim Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship would strip his son Barron of citizenship, citing the fact that Barron’s mother, Melania, was not a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth. Read about it in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/152521917/...
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Ski trip to Zelensky Mountain? Yet another Russian disinfo claim alleging lavish purchases by Zelensky--the implication being that Western aid money is paying for such luxuries. Great coverage of this and more from my @newsguard.bsky.social colleagues: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/no-donald-...
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Mike Pesca @milkepescs.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I agree with @reason.com. @newsguard.bsky.social is a really thorough and fair service. I AM a person concerned with false claims of "disinformation", but Newsguard is the cure, not the disease. In fact I dedicated today's spiel to the topic open.spotify.com/episode/4Jzb...
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Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's beef with NewsGuard is legally dubious and empirically shaky
Brendan Carr, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), wants to "dismantle" what he calls "the censorship
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/11/2024
At long last, my stupidly long post on how Brendan Carr is aiming to be America's top censor. www.techdirt.com/2024/11/27/b...
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Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He’s Eager To Be America’s Top Censor
When Donald Trump announced that he was appointing current FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to be the next chair of the FCC, it was no surprise. Nor was it a surprise that Trump tried to play up that …
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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Mike Pesca praises NewsGuard’s apolitical work in The Gist: “They do an honest job with the left and with the right.” Listen to the full episode here: www.mikepesca.com/thegist/epis...
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THE GIST | Mike Pesca
Mike Pesca has established a seven-year connection to his audience as host of The Gist. For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and ...
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
After the incoming FCC chair was apparently misled by Newsmax into threatening to punish NewsGuard for its speech, commentators across the political spectrum have pointed out that "the would-be censor here is the government official — not us." www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/commentary...
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Commentary: FCC Commissioner Gets Hoodwinked About NewsGuard
Welcome to Reality Check, your inside look at how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it.
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Laura Hazard Owen @laurahazardowen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"Credible news organizations and libraries are in the exact same business of empowering people with information." www.texasstandard.org/stories/news...
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In a new information age, news outlets are partnering with public libraries
Dallas in particular is a hub for library-media collaborations.
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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
And here’s a response from NewsGuard to Carr’s claims about the company, its methodology, and product. It says Carr “was misled by relying on false reports” about NewsGuard. Read: www.newsguardtech.com/wp-content/u...
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
There are now about as many AI-generated news sites as actual daily newspaper sites serving news to readers in the U.S. And the AI-generated news sites are multiplying rapidly.
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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
NewsGuard’s reporting on AI misinformation was featured in @washingtonpost.com   “Foreign influence actors used AI up to the closing hours of the election, spreading baseless allegations …  according to the misinformation tracking organization NewsGuard.” www.washingtonpost.com/tech...
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
One interesting finding from our team @newsguard.bsky.social: AI models are awful at responding to news-related prompts. In our latest analysis, we found chatbots failed to provide accurate info on news topics 43% of the time, and often repeated misinformation. www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Our team at @newsguard.bsky.social catalogs how AI content farms are having a field day with false claims about Elon Musk buying different companies.
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Matt Skibinski (NewsGuard) @mattskibinski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Worth a read: Our team at @newsguard.bsky.social has cataloged 92 different many false health claims made by Health and Human Services Secretary nominee RFK Jr. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/introducin...
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Introducing the RFK Jr. Healthcare Claims Depository
Plus: Russians Post Fake Trump-Putin AI Images to Celebrate Election; False Project 2025 Claims Surge; Iran Touts Fake Trump Quote
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