International Fact-Checking Network: New Worldwide Ministry of Truth?By Makia Freeman Those aware of the current psychological operations will know that the entire Russian propaganda and fake news themes are stealthy ways for the establishment to stifle dissent. They are whipping the public into a frenzy about purported Russian hacking and Russian interference without a shred of credible evidence, all the while scaring people into thinking they need some independentarbiter (outside of themselves) to decipher and decide what is real and what is fake. Its the ultimate perception grab; they want you to hand over your power and let your perception be dictated by them. Now, Facebook has announced it will be usingtheInternational Fact-Checking Network and other 3rdparty fact-checking organizationsto weed out all thefake news. Is theInternational Fact-Checking Network poised to become some kind of Ministry of Truth as Orwell wrote about? Who funds the organization and how does its check its facts? The IFCN openly states that it ishosted bythe Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and that: Poynters IFCN has received funding from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, the Duke Reporters Lab, the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Omidyar Network, the Open Society Foundations and the Park Foundation. TheInternational Fact-Checking Networkhas come up witha code of 5principles by which it operates.Facebook saidit will only work with 3rdparty fact-checkers that are signatories to this code of principles, and thatonce one of these organizations decides that a particularstory is fake, it will beflagged as disputed andthere will be a link to the corresponding article explaining why. Stories that have been disputed may also appear lower in News Feed.Here are the 5 principles: Facebook has made it a prerequisite to be a signatory on this code of principles to become a Facebook fact-checker. However, on the very same page below the code of principles, there is a list of organizations that have already joined. They include ABC News and The Washington Post Fact Checker 2 MSM outlets. The Washington Post was the paper that started all the nonsense about Russian propaganda with its own fake news report based on the dodgy research of PropOrNot (a report it later retracted)! Politifact and Snopes are also on the list, and although they are not MSM, their reputations are already quite tarnished due to their past shoddy fact-checking. Does the group of NWO funders behind Poynter give you the impression that the International Fact-Checking Network will be independent? Moreover, even if they were granted some kind ofeditorialindependence by their funders, would theyhave the desire and ability to become arbiters of truth on massive and complex subjects like GMOs, the New World Order, geoengineering, worldwide pedophilia rings, conspiracy and Satanism? How are they going to fact-check statements like GMOs are not dangerous tohuman health, vaccines are safe and effective, there is no worldwide Satanic pedophilia ring, chemtrails do not exist, Morgellons disease does not exist, black military operations oversee mind control programs on the public and an interconnected web of hybrid bloodlines rules the world from behind the scenes? Since many current topics lead back to fundamental issues like these, how are they possibly going to shed any light on these vast topics? How can anyone expect them to be experts in these fields? How are they going to be able to do anything other than parrot the standard narrative on these topics, which they will get from some form of the MSM or mainstream science the very same sources which advocate toxic-laden vaccines and synthetic pharmaceutical drugs as good for your health? How are they are possibly going to have the scope, breadth and depth of vision and perception that comes from studying these topics in depth for decadesas many in the Alternative Media have? Some commentators and journalists are making this issue into a left vs. right affair, claiming that the fact-checkers are left, liberal or progressive in their political leanings. While its true that Soros funds leftist movements, this whole issue is not really about left vs. right. Its about free speech vs. censorship. The fact-checkers will of course have all sorts of biases in their viewpoints, which is whyall opinionsneed to be fully aired so the truth can rise to the surface. Imagine if everyone looked at every Internet story from the MSM and the Alternative Media alike and asked with a critical eye: wheres your evidence and what are your sources? There would be no need for fact-checkers, because every reader would become a fact-checker. It would also destroy government lies right from the start (the Russians are hacking us and the Zika virus will kill you), because they would never get a chance to take off. The only way out of this is education. The only way people can know the truth is to read widely, inform themselves about the issues, discuss it over and over, get new perspectives, test things out in their own experience and make up their own mind. Blocking news stories and alternative perspectives will only hamper this (but then, censorship is the whole point of this exercise). Yes, hoax stories are annoying and clickbait headlines are irritating, but atsome point, you have to trust that readers will begin to see through that crap and consciously choose which sites to read and which to shun. If a site keeps putting out lies and clickbait, at a certain point it will gain a negative reputation and get ostracized. Collectively, we have to grow up and not expect or call for governments and other organizations like theInternational Fact-Checking Networkto do our fact-checking for us. We have to do it ourselves. It is part of our spiritual journey to be able to mature to the point where we can discern truth from lies. When enough of us can do that, the world will know peace, for as Julian Assange says, if lies are used to start war, then truth can be used to start peace. ***** Want the latest commentaryand analysis on Conspiracy, Geopolitics, Natural Health, Sovereignty, Consciousness and more? Sign up forfree blog updates! Makia Freeman is the editor of alternative media / independent newssiteThe Freedom Articles, where this article first appeared, and senior researcher atToolsForFreedom.com, writing on many aspects of truth and freedom, from exposing aspects of the worldwideconspiracy to suggesting solutions for how humanity can create a new system of peace and abundance. Sources: Image Credit/ Still from the 1956 film version of Orwells 1984. Photo by Rex Features I think they might be getting a bit desperate. An awake population will not tolerate their BS First and foremost they are NOT well intentioned. They are there to define reality and to punish anyone who disagrees with them. This is about implementing 1984 mind control/ double think. A similar approach was used in China when they banned fake news (yes, the SAME term) 20 years ago. This has all been carefully planned out. They are following a script. HERE YOU GO AGAIN! 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