Right-wing operatives deploy massive network of fake local news sites to weaponize CRT

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https://popular.info/p/right-wing-operatives-deploy-massive

Judd Legum

. . . What is West Nova News? And what does it have to do with Ian Prior, the former spokesperson for Attorney General Jeff Sessions? This is where things get interesting.

West Nova News appears to be a standard local news website. It is not. Rather it is part of a massive network of websites linked to "conservative businessman Brian Timpone." There are more than 1300 sites currently in the network, including at least 28 that operate in Virginia.

The sites in Virginia look identical and feature much of the same content. Most of the articles do not have a byline and are automatically generated.

Timpone has a long history of leveraging "low-cost automated story generation." A previous company run by Timpone, Journatic, "attracted national attention and outrage for faking bylines and quotes, and for plagiarism."

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[2naSalit]

1. K&R

The end of innocence has come and gone. We are in a new reality and we had better open our eyes and see that a raging fire is about to burn our home to the ground.

[louis-t]

2. Joseph Goebbels on steroids.

Welcome to the land of misinformation. Truth is no longer relevant.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. West Nova News; Central Nova News

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