Incompetence and dishonesty by a #Republican candidate for #Congress in my local #elections ...

#CharlieKim , one of four GOP candidates running for #Illinois District 11, had to remove a FAKE #AI video endorsement from "Donald Trump" off his campaign website this week.

Kim blamed his staff for posting it.

The video showed "Trump" standing in front of a portrait of Kim, saying that Kim would be "incredible" for Illinois. But a local newspaper was able to easily and quickly get verification from the White House that the video was not real.

White House staff told the local #KaneCounty paper that all video endorsements are posted to Donald's TrumpSocial account.

After the Kane County paper told Kim the video was fake, it was removed from his campaign site.

So either Kim is dishonest for posting LIES, or he is an idiot for believing Donald Trump ever even heard of him AND rude for not calling to thank the POTUS for his "endorsement."

It's good to know that someone as careless and (at best) easily fooled or (more likely) dishonest as this dimwit wants to represent my city of #AuroraIllinois and the nearby communities.

Illinois' #PrimaryElections are March 11, 2026. Many early voting polling places are already open.

FYI: "Charlie the Chump's" Democratic competition is Rep. #BillFoster , and this is his website:

https://www.billfoster.com/

And this is a link to the original source article, which is behind a paywall:

https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/02/26/gop-candidate-deletes-video-of-fake-trump-endorsement/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQNcxFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5cShfAS8CuKtWY_UpX9mUSwskWqygHnO_QJEboEca_TpNu4h48a5Na7hCzmw_aem_5v1FmsGMo-wbvaIAMKTZPg&utm_campaign=mrf-facebook-kanecountychronicle&mrfcid=20260226699f207c3714424a5dafc261

#AISlop #AIVideo #DonaldTrump #USPol #USPolitics #FakeVideos #Campaigns #Endorsements #Elections #Congress #GOPElectionTactics #Misinformation #Disinformation #IllinoisPolitics #Journalism #LocalNewspapers #LocalJournalism

These are great photos. In a certain way, I think American newspapers and newsmagazines were two of the greatest legacies left by the US in its golden age.

"Newspapers, of course, are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past twenty years, the country has lost more than three thousand. Newsrooms are closing even faster, as downsized staffs take refuge at smaller, dumpier dumps. For the past six years, Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country, from Juneau to St. Louis. The spaces she captures tend to be beautifully abject. The photos are elegiac, sweet, and sometimes hilarious: a computer face-planted in an empty bullpen, a banner declaring “NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING WORKS” in a packed-up office, an editor presiding over a Last Supper-esque meeting. That editor looks as all news editors should: put upon and permanently disappointed. Looking at the image, I feel as though I’ve just handed him an article that’s too late, too florid, and ten inches too long."

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-offices-only-a-newsperson-could-love

#USA #News #Journalism #LocalNews #LocalNewspapers

#PSA: Stand for local journalism, New York City edition: show up on Tuesday, July 14.

To learn more, listen to reporter Evan Simko-Bednarski explain the situation (link to Bluesky):

https://bsky.app/profile/simko-bednarski.bsky.social/post/3ltwgn25ygs2g

#LocalNewspapers #LocalJournalism #NYC

I saw this while researching #genealogy in old newspapers:

"He decided to exit the highway where there wasn't an exit..." 😂

[from the "Daily Herald"
(DuPage County, Illinois, USA)
03 February 2004, Page 9]

#ThrowbackThursday #Illinois #LocalHistory #LocalNewspapers #NewspaperArchives #Newspapers #NewspapersDotCom #Roadways #NewspaperClippings #RoadwaySafety

"Local newspapers in the UK are disappearing fast, creating news deserts and leaving councils unscrutinised. Now, though, a new generation is reinventing community journalism"

" ”Spending on local news can lead to improved public spending. Once that watchdog function is gone, corruption increases”
- Jonathan Heawood (Public Interest News Foundation)"
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/28/mill-media-joshi-herrmann-interview-local-uk-news-substack-sheffield-manchester-birmingham-liverpool
#LocalNewspapers #UK #accountability

The #latest edition of the Leinster Leader, dated March 19, 2024, is OUT NOW

#Kildare #IrishNewspapers #LocalNewspapers
#KildareNews #Journalism #IrishNews #ShopLocal #SupportLocal

PS: hope you all had a lovely St Patrick's Day weekend 🎊🥳

The latest edition of the Leinster Leader newspaper, dated Tuesday, February 27, 2024, is OUT NOW

#LocalNewspapers #SupportLocalJournalism #Kildare #IrishNewspapers #KildareNews #ShopLocal #LocalJournalism #IrishNews