Where did Trump voters get their news? 📰

Yes, there's social and partisan sites, but there is another influential strategy that isn't getting enough attention: Manipulated, pay-to-play and all out fake news sites

I've been covering a mix of those for years. Here's a primer

🧵 Let's start: What did residents in key counties in Arizona, North Dakota and Nevada all have in common on Oct 15?

They received a print paper with the same front page and headline

NEW INVESTIGATION: How does Alabama's largest power company control the narrative? It financed a Black newspaper and launched a "good news" site.

theguardian.com/environment/20… What’s happening in Alabama is an example of a new playbook by fossil fuel special interests who are taking advantage of shrinking mainstream newsrooms in the US to control messaging.

In their place have sprung up fake “pink slime” news sites and biased news operations.

EXCLUSIVE: Part 2 of the @floodlightnews investigation with @NPR highlights a real incidence of Fake News.

Have you heard or been interviewed by ABC News producer Kristen Hentschel? Then you might want to read this.

npr.org/2022/12/21/114… She said that she was a national reporter. She was a corporate operative

The same month that Hentschel began working for ABC News as a freelance producer🎥, she was also hired by consulting firm Matrix LLC. 💰

New investigation from me: A 5 month long investigation with @NPR @davidfolkenflik & @marioarizabaez for @FloodlightNews tracked how 2 major power companies infiltrated news sites in order to manipulate positive coverage and in some cases-- oust adversarial political foes
🧵 The reporting found that Alabama Power and Florida Power and light paid💵 to the consulting firm Matrix LLC, which secured influence across 6 local news sites in Alabama and Florida.

npr.org/2022/12/19/114…