"Pink slime" local news outlets erupt all over US as election nears

Re:"Pink slime" local news outlets erupt all over US as elec... by ryandrake on Thursday April 04, 2024 @11:11AM (#39931397)

For those who remember, weren't these sites actually the origin of the term "Fake News" back in 2016, before you-know-who quickly co-opted the term to use it against actual journalists? Before that, that's what these hastily-erected, phony sites were called.

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Re:"Pink slime" local news outlets erupt all over US as elec... by kelipso on Thursday April 04, 2024 @11:28AM (#39931657)

Yeah, then everyone kind of realized most journalists are partisan.

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Re:"Pink slime" local news outlets erupt all over US as elec... by krapp on Thursday April 04, 2024 @11:35AM (#39931751)

Except "fake news" didn't originally refer to the partisan bias of journalists, but to explicitly and purposely false and misleading information presented as legitimate news. Equating partisan bias to falsehood by way of a leftist media conspiracy was part of the Trump administration's redefinition of the term.

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Re:"Pink slime" local news outlets erupt all over US as elec... by rbanffy on Thursday April 04, 2024 @12:16PM (#39932365)

> Equating partisan bias to falsehood by way of a leftist media conspiracy was part of the Trump administration's redefinition of the term.

Yup. We should never forget the Bowling Green Massacre.

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