A new analysis by NewsGuard reveals that the number of partisan-backed news outlets designed to appear impartial has officially surpassed the number of real, local daily newspapers in the United States. As of June, 1,265 local news outlets present themselves as objective while reporting with bias in favor of partisan groups or foreign governments. These 'fake news' sites are increasingly targeting swing states. The rise of such outlets, often funded by dark money, is outpacing traditional local newspapers, raising concerns about the impact on journalism and the spread of misinformation.
Number of ‘fake news’ sites surpass daily newspapers, researchers say https://t.co/cY38Y4BBrV https://t.co/DpYkX8D3qM
This is 100% why you'll see more paywalled content: AI. Forbes' @JohnPaczkowski has been lighting up Perplexity AI CEO @AravSrinivas for stealing exclusive *paywalled* content. @Jason wrote an excellent piece about AI steamrolling publishers via ChatGPT. Publishers fell for it… https://t.co/eig0mytioE https://t.co/6tlQiIcTNO
Number of ‘fake news’ sites surpass daily newspapers, researchers say https://t.co/m20HcGRjcz https://t.co/3vJmlt0vbG
‘A new analysis concludes the number of partisan-backed outlets designed to look like impartial U.S. news orgs has now exceeded the number of authentic, local daily papers’: https://t.co/X0dDylqhTX
As of June, 1,265 local news outlets presented themselves as objective while in fact reported with bias in favor of partisan groups or foreign governments, said NewsGuard. https://t.co/eKmgPhoLSk
"Fake news" websites outnumber daily newspapers nationwide, according to a report Tuesday from the analysis group NewsGuard. https://t.co/YqPovvjvkC
'Fake news' sites pass daily newspapers, says NewsGuard https://t.co/m9ITwoKVAv
The number of partisan-backed outlets designed to look like impartial news outlets has surpassed the number of real, local daily newspapers in the U.S. Many of those sites are targeted to swing states. https://t.co/gmJIrzjjPJ https://t.co/GVgOv9bIPP
Phony 'news' portals surpass US newspaper sites https://t.co/tL388y7bOF https://t.co/veCJ3NezvR
Perplexity’s knock off of our reporting feels like a crystallization of the "Can journalism survive AI?" convo. The company took our paywalled work, without our permission, and competitively broadcast it across web, video, mobile — as though it were itself a media outlet. https://t.co/kEi15MYOQI
Perplexity CEO @AravSrinivas claims his startup, which all but plagiarized our work, is the No. 2 referral source for Forbes (behind only Wikipedia). Fact check: @Perplexity_ai is our 54th biggest referral traffic source in terms of users — or just 0.014%.https://t.co/i0kIVU5ndu
“The number of partisan-backed outlets designed to look like impartial news outlets has officially surpassed the number of real, local daily newspapers in the U.S., according to a new analysis.” @sarafischer https://t.co/5oBCuF62PF
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Dark money news outlets outpacing local daily newspapers https://t.co/s66ZbXKT2l
It Looked Like a Reliable News Site. It Was an A.I. Chop Shop. And there are hundreds more of them out there, gobbling up the newscape. https://t.co/iYNThodm18