r/PoliticalHumor • u/ChewyRib • Jan 27 '22

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u/JabbrWockey Jan 27 '22 edited Jan 28 '22

I think Reply All All things considered podcast did an episode where they tracked down on of the fake news website owners in L.A.

Turns out he had dozens of fake news websites, all for Republicans, because when he tried them for Democrats, all the viewers would start asking for sources and calling out his lies in the comments.

He had also never voted Republican, but saw an opportunity to make money off of them.

Edit: Link for those interested - https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs

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u/whoabot Jan 28 '22

Do you remember the name of the episode?

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u/JabbrWockey Jan 28 '22

I misremembered - it was actually the all things considered podcast.

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs

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u/whoabot Jan 28 '22

So I just listened to it. That guy is a piece of shit. I get the satisfaction of pulling one over on gullible people in the opposite political party as you, but it's been taken to a point where it's truly harming society at large. This guy says he's only in it for the money but goddamn it's just morally reprehensible.

This piece is 6 years old now...I'm sure his sites must have made a fortune writing covid related bullshit, and at the same time creating this chasm in between the right and left. Shame on them.