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Bob Wyman Dec 20, 2022

NPR 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.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1143753129/power-companies-florida-alabama-media-investigation-consulting-firm

In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

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Steve "PodcastSteve" Lubetkin Dec 20, 2022

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These 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.

Pink Slime: Fake-local News

A map, table, and timeline of fake-local (“pink-slime”) news sites in the USA.

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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

On the Media: The Divided Dial | WNYC Studios | Podcasts

WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview.

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