Just in time for the midterms: New Entry Joins "Pink Slime" Pseudo-News Sweepstakes
A shadowy network of news sites is quietly pushing Democratic propaganda in battleground states ahead of the midterm elections
By Lorenzo Arvanitis and McKenzie Sadeghi | Published on September 20, 2022
The five news websites that launched in April 2022 look like benign, politically independent state news outlets, with local stories about the best Pennsylvania lakes to visit in the summer and The Michigan Museum of Natural History. But a NewsGuard review has uncovered that the network of five websites — which publishes articles online and in print and then invests in ads on Facebook to give them a far broader audience — is part of a coordinated effort ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterms to push voters to vote Democrat in battleground states.
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https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-re...e-network/
From the article:
"In 2020, a conservative run company named Metric Media set up more than 1,000 news sites with a right-wing slant ahead of the presidential election, according to the Columbia Journalism Review.
"Not to mention the growth of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a heavily right-wing network of television stations across the country, known for presenting opinion pieces as news items."
So, it appears that both sides are doing this.
(10-08-2022, 10:33 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]From the article:
"In 2020, a conservative run company named Metric Media set up more than 1,000 news sites with a right-wing slant ahead of the presidential election, according to the Columbia Journalism Review.
"Not to mention the growth of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a heavily right-wing network of television stations across the country, known for presenting opinion pieces as news items."
So, it appears that both sides are doing this.
That’s fair, to an extent. The left owns most of the media already, was that attempt by the right to balance things out?
Just remember to read the news skeptically no matter what.
(10-08-2022, 10:33 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]From the article:
"In 2020, a conservative run company named Metric Media set up more than 1,000 news sites with a right-wing slant ahead of the presidential election, according to the Columbia Journalism Review.
"Not to mention the growth of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a heavily right-wing network of television stations across the country, known for presenting opinion pieces as news items."
So, it appears that both sides are doing this.
You beat me to it. There is no l massive scale left wing propaganda effort in the USA, just hard right and neoliberal orgs, and the hard right is the undisputed king of mass astroturf propaganda.
(10-08-2022, 02:09 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: [ -> ] (10-08-2022, 10:33 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]From the article:
"In 2020, a conservative run company named Metric Media set up more than 1,000 news sites with a right-wing slant ahead of the presidential election, according to the Columbia Journalism Review.
"Not to mention the growth of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a heavily right-wing network of television stations across the country, known for presenting opinion pieces as news items."
So, it appears that both sides are doing this.
You beat me to it. There is no l massive scale left wing propaganda effort in the USA, just hard right and neoliberal orgs, and the hard right is the undisputed king of mass astroturf propaganda.
Ya, because that’s MSNBC told her and they NEVER lie..
(10-08-2022, 02:09 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: [ -> ] (10-08-2022, 10:33 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ]From the article:
"In 2020, a conservative run company named Metric Media set up more than 1,000 news sites with a right-wing slant ahead of the presidential election, according to the Columbia Journalism Review.
"Not to mention the growth of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group, a heavily right-wing network of television stations across the country, known for presenting opinion pieces as news items."
So, it appears that both sides are doing this.
You beat me to it. There is no l massive scale left wing propaganda effort in the USA, just hard right and neoliberal orgs, and the hard right is the undisputed king of mass astroturf propaganda.
Bwaaaahaaaaaa! OMG and you actually believe that don’t you?
(10-08-2022, 07:26 PM)copycat Wrote: [ -> ] (10-08-2022, 02:09 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: [ -> ]You beat me to it. There is no l massive scale left wing propaganda effort in the USA, just hard right and neoliberal orgs, and the hard right is the undisputed king of mass astroturf propaganda.
Bwaaaahaaaaaa! OMG and you actually believe that don’t you?
Maybe what he calls neoliberal, you call left-wing.