Outlandish InfoWars chart attempts to classify media outlets by how 'tyrannical' or 'independent' they are
Outlandish InfoWars chart attempts to classify media outlets by how 'tyrannical' or 'independent' they are
http://www.businessinsider.com/infowars-chart-media-organizations-2016-12
InfoWars, the popular site slinging right-wing conspiracy theories and diet supplements, created a visual chart to inform readers of news sites that "actually promote liberty and freedom."
Though major media publications were ranked on the y-axis from "independent" to state-run corporate/foreign influences," and on the x-axis from "tyranny" to "freedom," there wasn't much logic to the placements.
Russia Today and Sputnik, Russian state-run media outlets which defends autocratic Russian President Vladimir Putin, qualified as much greater promoters of "freedom" than non-profit news wire services like the Associated Press.
Unsurprisingly, a number of right-wing media organizations appeared more favorable in the freedom-loving, independent matrix.
Here's the chart:
InfoWars chart. Infowars
Though long a platform for fringe conspiracy theories about 9/11 and the Sandy Hook shooting, the site has gained prominence as Donald Trump, who appeared for an interview on the site in 2015, ascended to the presidency.
A gunman who entered a Washington D.C. pizzeria earlier this month made headlines when he cited an Infowars article pushing an unfounded conspiracy theory that the pizzeria was a front for a secret sex ring with ties to top Democratic party officials.
The story quickly became a political issue when Michael Flynn Jr., the son of Trump's incoming national security advisor and a former member of the presidential transition team, refused to dismiss the conspiracy theory.
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Somehow Infowars and it's sister site Prison Planet managed to be seen (by Infowars) as the most independent and most freedom loving news source in the whole wide world.
What they didn't tell you is to see these sites in terms of their accuracy and truthfulness you have to turn the chart upside down.