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Re:CNN and USA Today Have Fake Websites, I Believe Forbes Ma... by ghaff on Friday September 27, 2024 @09:32PM (#41677176)
I was a longtime newspaper person and I agree that things like AP attribution were generally pretty clear. I doubt the average reader noticed.
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Re:CNN and USA Today Have Fake Websites, I Believe Forbes Ma... by rightbyte on Saturday September 28, 2024 @04:10AM (#41678723)
I don't think the news wires fooled people into believing their local paper had journalist present covering the election in Mozambique.

There was no name underneath the short. Just AP, Reuters or whatever. It was pretty clear.

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