Yes, Ground News Is A Psyop.
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Citations and Further Reading:
Eric (Literate Machine’s) Videos
https://youtu.be/AjF9W91aRwg
https://youtu.be/CqE-SrgvTh4
Ad Fontes
https://x.com/adfontesmedia/status/2089442212794765751
https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive\
https://adfontesmedia.com/high-reliability-sources-low-bias-tvchart-july2025/
AllSides, Ground News, Ad Fontes, etc. in the journalistic landscape
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the-business-of-balance-ground-news.php
https://tamarapearson.medium.com/the-ad-fontes-media-bias-chart-is-full-of-bias-and-problems-by-a-journalist-5b297fba7db1
Ground News founder interview
https://youtu.be/4E0FJND3qkA
Ground News study
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10871475/
Ground News and ownership
https://ground.news/frequently-asked-questions
https://ground.news/rating-system
GN parent company board of directors
https://www.canadacompanyregistry.com/companies/snapwise-inc/
Joe Ricketts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/20/the-ricketts-family-was-a-big-backer-of-nevertrump-now-joe-ricketts-is-supporting-trump/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/19/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-donald-trumps-2020-presidential-campaign/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/sports/cubs-ricketts.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9Cwe%20cannot%20ever%20let%20Islam%20become%20a%20large%20part%20of%20our%20society%2C%E2%80%9D%20and%20that%20%E2%80%9CMuslims%20are%20naturally%20my%20(our)%20enemy.%E2%80%9D
https://sports.yahoo.com/cubs-patriarch-joe-ricketts-condemns-islam-leaked-emails-muslims-naturally-enemy-001154007.html#:~:text=%22good%20one%22%20%E2%80%93%20a,getting%20very%20close!%22
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/nyregion/dnainfo-gothamist-shutting-down.html
https://www.jezebel.com/gothamist-deleted-negative-coverage-of-its-new-owner-1793085352
Who works at media rating agencies
https://adfontesmedia.com/advisory-board/
https://www.allsides.com/contact/team
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/about/#:~:text=Dave%20retains%20final%20editorial%20authority%2C
https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/media-bias-fact-check-mbfc/
Methodologies
https://adfontesmedia.com/methodology-white-paper/#:~:text=in%20the%20past.-,VII.%20Machine%20Learning/AI,that%20the%20standard%20deviation%20between%20human%20analysts%20is%20approximately%20three%20points.,-VIII.%20Continuous%20Improvement
Quillette
https://quillette.com/2016/03/31/criminologys-wonderland-why-almost-everything-you-know-about-crime-is-wrong/
https://quillette.com/2017/03/27/a-tale-of-two-bell-curves/
https://ground.news/interest/quillette
Reason
https://reason.org/about-reason-foundation/
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/reason-media-bias
The Free Press
https://www.thefp.com/s/second-thought
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/free-press-media-bias-0
The Atlantic/Graeme Wood
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isis-and-academic-veil-islamophobia
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/atlantic-media-bias
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/gaza-death-count/678400/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/
Conservative media takeover
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paramount-global-skydance-media-merger/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/06/bari-weiss-cbs-news-paramount-free-press
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/paramount-settles-with-california-other-states-clearing-major-hurdle-warner-bros-2026-09-21/
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-5981103/cnn-is-getting-new-owners-with-close-ties-to-trump
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/media/trump-claims-ban-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house
https://theintercept.com/2026/07/27/breakthrough-news-journalists-subpoena
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/24/pentagon-military-journalist-blacklist-press-media/
Israel and the press
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/ https://theintercept.com/2025/07/30/new-york-times-hamas-aid-israel-gaza-famine/
https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/
https://rsf.org/en/israel-s-arguments-denying-foreign-reporters-access-gaza-are-spurious
https://x.com/Timesofgaza/status/1394909292051013633
https://www.ap.org/media-center/ap-in-the-news/2021/shocking-and-horrifying-israel-destroys-ap-office-in-gaza/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-war.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-disinformation.html
SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS
Tired of Ground News and other aggregators peddling state department approved, pro-corporate slop? Give worker-owned media a try! You can get 20% off Means TV with my link: means.tv/programs/secondthought or by using the code SECONDTHOUGHT at checkout. I post bonus content for every episode! Check it out, you're gonna love it.
Citations and Further Reading:
Eric (Literate Machine’s) Videos
https://youtu.be/AjF9W91aRwg
https://youtu.be/CqE-SrgvTh4
Ad Fontes
https://x.com/adfontesmedia/status/2089442212794765751
https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive\
https://adfontesmedia.com/high-reliability-sources-low-bias-tvchart-july2025/
AllSides, Ground News, Ad Fontes, etc. in the journalistic landscape
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the-business-of-balance-ground-news.php
https://tamarapearson.medium.com/the-ad-fontes-media-bias-chart-is-full-of-bias-and-problems-by-a-journalist-5b297fba7db1
Ground News founder interview
https://youtu.be/4E0FJND3qkA
Ground News study
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10871475/
Ground News and ownership
https://ground.news/frequently-asked-questions
https://ground.news/rating-system
GN parent company board of directors
https://www.canadacompanyregistry.com/companies/snapwise-inc/
Joe Ricketts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/20/the-ricketts-family-was-a-big-backer-of-nevertrump-now-joe-ricketts-is-supporting-trump/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/19/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-donald-trumps-2020-presidential-campaign/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/sports/cubs-ricketts.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9Cwe%20cannot%20ever%20let%20Islam%20become%20a%20large%20part%20of%20our%20society%2C%E2%80%9D%20and%20that%20%E2%80%9CMuslims%20are%20naturally%20my%20(our)%20enemy.%E2%80%9D
https://sports.yahoo.com/cubs-patriarch-joe-ricketts-condemns-islam-leaked-emails-muslims-naturally-enemy-001154007.html#:~:text=%22good%20one%22%20%E2%80%93%20a,getting%20very%20close!%22
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/nyregion/dnainfo-gothamist-shutting-down.html
https://www.jezebel.com/gothamist-deleted-negative-coverage-of-its-new-owner-1793085352
Who works at media rating agencies
https://adfontesmedia.com/advisory-board/
https://www.allsides.com/contact/team
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/about/#:~:text=Dave%20retains%20final%20editorial%20authority%2C
https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/media-bias-fact-check-mbfc/
Methodologies
https://adfontesmedia.com/methodology-white-paper/#:~:text=in%20the%20past.-,VII.%20Machine%20Learning/AI,that%20the%20standard%20deviation%20between%20human%20analysts%20is%20approximately%20three%20points.,-VIII.%20Continuous%20Improvement
Quillette
https://quillette.com/2016/03/31/criminologys-wonderland-why-almost-everything-you-know-about-crime-is-wrong/
https://quillette.com/2017/03/27/a-tale-of-two-bell-curves/
https://ground.news/interest/quillette
Reason
https://reason.org/about-reason-foundation/
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/reason-media-bias
The Free Press
https://www.thefp.com/s/second-thought
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/free-press-media-bias-0
The Atlantic/Graeme Wood
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isis-and-academic-veil-islamophobia
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/atlantic-media-bias
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/gaza-death-count/678400/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/
Conservative media takeover
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paramount-global-skydance-media-merger/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/06/bari-weiss-cbs-news-paramount-free-press
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/paramount-settles-with-california-other-states-clearing-major-hurdle-warner-bros-2026-09-21/
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-5981103/cnn-is-getting-new-owners-with-close-ties-to-trump
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/media/trump-claims-ban-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house
https://theintercept.com/2026/07/27/breakthrough-news-journalists-subpoena
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/24/pentagon-military-journalist-blacklist-press-media/
Israel and the press
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/ https://theintercept.com/2025/07/30/new-york-times-hamas-aid-israel-gaza-famine/
https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/
https://rsf.org/en/israel-s-arguments-denying-foreign-reporters-access-gaza-are-spurious
https://x.com/Timesofgaza/status/1394909292051013633
https://www.ap.org/media-center/ap-in-the-news/2021/shocking-and-horrifying-israel-destroys-ap-office-in-gaza/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-war.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-disinformation.html
