Bob WymanNPR reports that six news websites in Alabama and Florida have been taking under-the-table payments from electric utilities in exchange for stories attacking alternative energy.
Steve "PodcastSteve" LubetkinThese are not real news sites that they are sending money to. They are called "pink slime" websites. They are fake news sites created by a right-wing firm called Metric Media. You can check them here:
https://iffy.news/pink-slime-fake-local-news/
Yellow Hammer Times is on the list.
Eohippa@PodcastSteve @bobwyman @online-news
That is a ridiculously long list. Reminds me of the Salem Media radio con. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/divided-dial
That is a ridiculously long list. Reminds me of the Salem Media radio con. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/divided-dial
Kathy Carbone