Thread: The GOP under investigation for creating a network of fake "local news" sites
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Old 03-06-2019, 02:16 PM  
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Originally Posted by Bladewire View Post
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Here's one of them Tennessee Star Newspaper, Nashville TN Local News, Latest Business, Investigative and Political News & Headlines

They created a network of sites they told people are local news sites named stuff like The Tennessee Star or Baltimore Sun and they were all right wing propaganda sites with a little bit of local news to push local Republican candidates in fool the reader into thinking he was a legitimate online newspaper site.
Ooooh. Wordpress sites aggregating real news from real news sites via RSS feeds and licensing agreements.

That IS sketchy.

VERY TROUBLING that the "GOP" is "Under Investigation" by the Uber Liberal couple running Snopes.com

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