Metric Media runs a sprawling network of over 1200 websites that pass themselves off as “local news.”
This investigation confirms that they are connected to multiple right wing donors and dark money groups, including Donors Trust and the Tea Party.
cjr.org/tow_center_rep…
This investigation confirms that they are connected to multiple right wing donors and dark money groups, including Donors Trust and the Tea Party.
cjr.org/tow_center_rep…
The Times also ran a story about this network in Oct, 2020.
This, along with Facebook, and in some cases app-based communication systems, is what fills the void when local newspapers die or are killed when after being bought out.
Rampant disinformation.
nytimes.com/2020/10/18/tec…
This, along with Facebook, and in some cases app-based communication systems, is what fills the void when local newspapers die or are killed when after being bought out.
Rampant disinformation.
nytimes.com/2020/10/18/tec…
Another disinformation network that passes itself off as local “news” is the Star News Network.
Star News is explicitly MAGA, and is driven by none other than Steve Bannon.
Star News is explicitly MAGA, and is driven by none other than Steve Bannon.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1411123445736243201
When local newspapers go away, it’s important to recognize what is filling the void in communities after they leave.
Everyone knows about Fox and Sinclair, but all of these networks play a huge role in the division and radicalization that happen right in in our own communities.
Everyone knows about Fox and Sinclair, but all of these networks play a huge role in the division and radicalization that happen right in in our own communities.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1379281440366501891
Bannon has also worked with Guo Wengui to target Asian American communities with right wing propaganda, through Guo’s GNews/GTV network.
This, along with disinformation in Latino communities, is something that we are completely failing to counter.
This, along with disinformation in Latino communities, is something that we are completely failing to counter.
https://twitter.com/clearing_fog/status/1394351363388108802
John Oliver recently did a great segment highlighting the volume of disinformation that is being disseminated in foreign languages, which is currently going almost completely unaddressed.
I struggle to find a solution to address all of this, but it is imperative that we do.
It’s clear that much of the disinformation that is poisoning our body politic is pushed at the local/community level & they don’t have knowledge/resources to counter it.
It isn’t sustainable.
It’s clear that much of the disinformation that is poisoning our body politic is pushed at the local/community level & they don’t have knowledge/resources to counter it.
It isn’t sustainable.
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