Be careful what you read on the internet – new fake news websites are popping up using official-sounding names but with the intent of pushing Russian propaganda. From the New York Times:
A handful of websites have appeared in recent weeks with names suggesting a focus on news close to home: D.C. Weekly, the New York News Daily, the Chicago Chronicle, and a newer sister publication, the Miami Chronicle.
In fact, they are not local news organizations at all. They are Russian creations, researchers and government officials say, meant to mimic actual news organizations to push Kremlin propaganda by interspersing it among an at-times odd mix of stories about crime, politics and culture.
The purpose is not to fool a discerning reader into diving deeper into the website, let alone subscribing, Mr. Linvill said. The goal instead is to lend an aura of credibility to posts on social media spreading the disinformation.
Read more at the New York Times. https://twitter.com/anelsona/status/1765796370152042809 Related: Trump Gets Daily Propaganda Document Filled With Positive Stories About Him
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