A mainstream media outlets gets Google to demonetize a couple of its competitors. From Becket Adams at washingtonexaminer.com:
The only thing more detestable than NBC News’s all-out embrace of political activism is the short-sighted fanaticism of its so-called journalists.
NBC’s Adele-Momoko Fraser reported on Tuesday that Google had “banned” the Federalist from its advertising platform. The supposed prohibition, her article said, came after NBC brought allegedly problematic articles published by the conservative opinion website to the attention of Google’s censors.
Fraser’s story quoted a Google spokesperson who said the Federalist had run afoul of the tech company’s policy regarding “derogatory” and hateful speech. The same spokesperson said specifically that they had “removed [the Federalist’s] ability to monetize with Google.” The Federalist, Fraser reported, “will no longer be able to generate revenue from any advertisements served by Google Ads.”
This is not true, Google said later.
“The Federalist is not currently demonetized and has the opportunity to address the issue as described below,” a spokeswoman told the Washington Examiner.
Google Communications said elsewhere on social media, “The Federalist was never demonetized. We worked with them to address issues on their site related to the comments section.”
