Conservative websites that aim to look like local news sites are publishing false and misleading content about the election and other hotbutton political issues—content that's often picked up by conservative pundits and news organizations.
The Star News Network is an "expanding network of pro-Trump sites seeking to influence local politics with conservative opinion by mimicking the look and feel of local newspaper sites. The group operates eight state-focused news sites, including in key Electoral College states such as Michigan, Arizona, Ohio and Florida," Stephen Fowler reports for NPR. "The Star News sites are part of a larger pro-Trump media ecosystem that emerged over the course of his four years in office. Since last year's election, some of those sites have spent months churning out false content suggesting Trump won the election and claiming that massive electoral fraud will be uncovered. Many of the Star News sites have been around for a while, but the 2020 election — and an intense focus on swing states like Georgia — has helped the sites' stories reach a much a larger audience."
Such sites, often called "pink slime journalism" after the iffy beef additive, have proliferated in recent years, exploiting growing local news deserts to sow misinformation.
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