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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDozens of new websites look like they're local news operations in Michigan. They're not.
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LANSING Dozens of websites branded as local news outlets launched throughout Michigan this fall, with monikers like Lansing Sun, Ann Arbor Times, Thumb Reporter and UP Gazette, promising local news but also offering political messaging.
The nearly 40 new sites present a challenge for readers navigating a digital media environment that has unlimited space for publishing stories that are hard to distinguish as journalism, advocacy or political messaging.
The nearly 40 new sites present a challenge for readers navigating a digital media environment that has unlimited space for publishing stories that are hard to distinguish as journalism, advocacy or political messaging.
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The road story and many others on Lansing Sun appeared to be right-leaning, said Grossmann, who leads the research institute and its bipartisan political leadership training program.
Political information outlets aren't new, he said, but presenting them as non-biased local news sources is. "The big issue is this extent to which they have gone to try to confuse about this being the site of a local newspaper," he said.
Political information outlets aren't new, he said, but presenting them as non-biased local news sources is. "The big issue is this extent to which they have gone to try to confuse about this being the site of a local newspaper," he said.
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Metric Media plans to eventually launch thousands of such sites nationwide, the page says.
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/10/21/lansing-sun-new-sites-michigan-local-news-outlets/3984689002/
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Dozens of new websites look like they're local news operations in Michigan. They're not. (Original Post)
EleanorR
Oct 2019
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0rganism
(23,971 posts)1. cancer of the body politic
unfortunately we don't have a cure and it's about to metastasize.
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)2. Who and What is "Metrick Media?"
EleanorR
(2,395 posts)5. The CEO looks like a real piece of crap
https://www.situationmanagementgroup.com/brad-bio
He also directed a multifaceted litigation initiative for conservative leaders in Wisconsin to terminate home raids and an unlawful government investigation of their operations. His plan resulted in the elimination of the states Government Accountability Board, a new statute that bans secret John Doe investigations of political activities, and several federal and state court decisions that will shape election laws nationwide.
He is presently retained by national conservative leaders to direct responses to government targeting of their operations and initiatives. In 2015-17, he directed efforts against a national labor union that resulted in the first-ever multi-million dollar jury award against the union and bankruptcy of its Texas chapter.
Kid Berwyn
(14,971 posts)7. No wonder Trumputin asks foreigners for money all the time.
All that cheating is expensive!
ffr
(22,672 posts)3. The misinformation campaign for the Republicans has begun.
MichMan
(11,977 posts)4. People in Michigan know the names of the legitimate news outlets
This would have only fooled people in other states
Qutzupalotl
(14,333 posts)6. Here are dozens of similar websites across the country.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22We+do+not+accept+unsolicited+feedback,+ideas,+documents,+suggestions+or+other+information%22&client=firefox-b-1-d&filter=0&biw=1171&bih=664
My guess is theyre posting innocuous stuff now in order to build some sort of credibility for outrageously fake stuff to come later.
My guess is theyre posting innocuous stuff now in order to build some sort of credibility for outrageously fake stuff to come later.