Partisan mailer poses as Catholic newspaper in Arizona

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

PHOENIX (AP) — Nicole Leonardi initially thought a new newspaper had arrived in her mailbox this week. But a closer look at the “Arizona Catholic Tribune” revealed a different story.

While it had all the attributes of a traditional print newspaper, including a tagline that read “Real data. Real value. Real news,” the pledge did not match the content.

Leonardi, a Democrat living in Tempe, Arizona, who is not Catholic, quickly realized the paper was fake, a partisan conservative publication with content critical of local Democratic candidates. The paper is also not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, which has disavowed it.

“I thought it was a real paper so I pulled it out,” Leonardi said. “It’s only when you dig in a bit when you realize that it’s fully pushing right-wing talking points.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/partisan-mailer-poses-catholic-newspaper-191612455.html

[Midnight Writer]

1. I've got a couple of those from Darren Bailey, Republican for Illinois Governor.

Targeted to my small town, with a couple of local news stories on front page, then a bunch of attacks against Democrats.

I reckon some enterprising soul is selling these newspaper knock-offs to politicians.

Crime seems to be the issue he is running on.

[SharonClark]

2. I received one in the mail last week.

The real Catholic Church put out a notice that the political piece was not affiliated with the church.