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Fighting back against the "right wing" and the "disinformation" it spreads is a critical step for restoring trust in nongovernment organizations (NGOs) that are working with governments and other organizations on projects aimed at "improving the state of the world," according to participants on a panel Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
In a discussion about "disrupting distrust," Richard Edelman, CEO of the global communications firm Edelman, said one of the "sadnesses" he’s experienced over the last few years has been the "deterioration of trust" in NGOs. He said companies are now trusted more than NGOs in dealing with civil society issues, and he blamed this change on "right-wing groups."
"My hypothesis on that is right-wing groups have done a really good job of disenfranchising NGOs," he said. "They’ve challenged the funding sources. They’ve associated you with Bill Gates and George Soros. They’ve said that you’re world people, as opposed to actually what you are, which is local."
Edelman said issues like how to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and racial equity are all suffering because of reduced trust in the NGOs. He also suggested one way to regain that trust is for NGOs to fight back against these right-wing groups.
"The other is when they hit you and they’re inaccurate, hit back. Don’t take it," he added.
Edelman and other panelists acknowledged that people opposed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals in the private sector are also forcing companies to reassess how to talk about those goals. When a representative of the Anti-Defamation League said companies are starting to shy away from the explicit use of "ESG" as a corporate goal, Edelman encouraged companies to hold firm.
... make sure ESG goals don’t force them down a path of "chasing some woke illusion."
... four issues: sustainability, on jobs and re-skilling, focus on diversity, equity and inclusion and geopolitics...
... banning gas stoves can be a difficult subject for many poor Americans and needs to be couched the right way.
"If you go to … a Black woman in the U.S. and tell us we can’t use a gas stove any more because of the emissions, and we need to switch to electric, our comment is, 'Our food’s not going to taste the same,’" she said, adding that another question is how people will be able to afford an electric stove. "So where’s the credit facility that allows me to do this?"
The panel’s moderator, New York Times opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury, said another issue related to trust is the "disinformation" seen on social media sites, saying there are lingering questions about the extent to which Big Tech companies can remove this content.
"I think that there are true questions around how the technology platforms disseminate information, particularly disinformation, and they see… significant challenges when it comes to content moderation and how to combat the disinformation online," she said.
This panel was just one of several that were convened on Tuesday. Later in the day, another discussion on the "clear and present danger of disinformation" was held, moderated by former CNN host Brian Stelter.
originally posted by: v1rtu0s0
Anyone who doesn't want to be a slave eating bugs in a pod who is forced to take experimental injections is a right wing extremist.
"A newborn baby is not an autonomous being, capable of making choices, and so to kill a newborn baby cannot violate the principle of respect for autonomy."
Bioethicist Peter Singer
originally posted by: karl 12
a reply to: Maxmars
... Definitely seems they're trying to make telling the truth about this 'crackpot' cult illegal (if only the average Joe knew the half of it). ...
Have always wondered why this very old VHS video exists - apparently (according to Rockefeller stooge Maurice Strong) the WEF are to be involved in 'the controlled demolition of first world economies'.
Seemed ludicrous at the time but decades later it now seems incredibly plausible (especially considering the WEF partner list which one can correlate to manufactured 'crisis').
In closing, stakeholder capitalism is essentially a form of global fascism, where nations are run not by elected governments alone, but by unelected corporations in partnership with government.. The equity they’re talking about is all of us being in the same miserable position of owning nothing and having no human rights.
How The Great Reset Is Accelerating Into Global Tyranny
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
Aren't they openly admitting that the right wing disinformation was actually true?
originally posted by: Hypntick
a reply to: Maxmars
So the time to get a couple of 2000-gallon propane tanks with a gas stove is now, huh? I don't care about the emissions or environmental impact of a gas stove, sorry I just can't be bothered with it.