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Thursday, September 21st, 2017

Republican Governors Have Created a Fake News Site Masquerading as a Legitimate News Outlet

Author:     Kall Holloway
Source:     Alternet
Publication Date:     19 Septemeber 2017 | 10:33 GMT
 Link: Republican Governors Have Created a Fake News Site Masquerading as a Legitimate News Outlet
Stephan:   And here following the story about suppressing data, as if I had conjured it up to make the point, is today's proof of the Republican disinformation operation. It's quite extraordinary. All of this is so blatant and transparent. Yet it goes on as if it were normal.

Republican Governor Scott Walker

Never underestimate Republicans’ willingness to pull out a shovel when it seems they’ve hit rock bottom. For proof one need look no further than the Free Telegraph, a website purposely constructed to look like a news publication that’s actually a hyperpartisan bit of propaganda launched by the Republican Governors Association.

The Associated Press [3] reports the website “blares headlines about the virtues of GOP governors, while framing Democrats negatively,” and instructs readers on how to receive “breaking news alerts.” The apparent motive is to fool voters into thinking they are reading a bonafide news outlet, and the site includes “no acknowledgement that it was a product of an official party committee whose sole purpose is to get more Republicans elected.”

Since the AP outed the site as partisan propaganda, MSNBC reports that [4] a note in tiny, hard-to-read type has been added at the very bottom of the page, indicating that the publication is “Paid for by Republican Governors Association.” The fake news site—to borrow a description Republicans use for authentic news organizations reporting actual […]

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