How local 'fake news' websites spread 'conservative propaganda' in the US
How local 'fake news' websites spread 'conservative propaganda' in the US
Locality Labs, a company operating scores of sites that purports to be a local news organization, is facing criticism it is part of a rightwing lobbying effort
Adam Gabbatt at the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/19/locality-labs-fake-news-local-sites-newspapers
"SNIP....
In March this year, the small Illinois town of Hinsdale, in the western Chicago suburbs, was facing a crisis.
The villages district had a funding shortfall, and a referendum was scheduled to determine whether $140m could be pumped into Hinsdales schools.
The referendum was hotly contested an organized, enthused Vote Yes campaign was pushing hard for people to back the vote. It looked like the referendum might deliver a yes verdict.
Enter Locality Labs, a shadowy, controversial company that purports to be a local news organization, but is facing increasing criticism as being part of a nationwide rightwing lobbying effort masquerading as journalism.
.....SNIP"