The following op-ed was submitted in response to the ashington Examiner's exclusive series on "Disinformation, Inc.," documenting an effort by global news rating companies and nonprofit groups to blacklist and defund conservative-leaning news websites. A recent series of articles in the Washington Examiner cast a harsh spotlight on the $80 billion-a-year part of the advertising sector that, until now, has been shrouded in secrecy despite the outsize role it plays in supporting the news industry. As the series pointed out, programmatic advertising (digital ads delivered by black-box...…The following op-ed was submitted in response to the ashington Examiner's exclusive series on "Disinformation, Inc.," documenting an effort by global news rating companies and nonprofit groups to blacklist and defund conservative-leaning news websites. A recent series of articles in the Washington Examiner cast a harsh spotlight on the $80 billion-a-year part of the advertising sector that, until now, has been shrouded in secrecy despite the outsize role it plays in supporting the news industry. As the series pointed out, programmatic advertising (digital ads delivered by black-box...WW…