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Conservative Operatives Are Launching Fake News Sites In Time For 2020

Conservative Operatives Are Launching Fake News Sites In Time For 2020

Snopes has uncovered evidence indicating that conservative operatives are launching fake local newspaper websites in order to potentially target social media users in advance of the 2020 elections.

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by Bob Cesca

The great fact-checking site Snopes has uncovered evidence indicating that conservative operatives are launching fake local newspaper websites in order to potentially target social media users in advance of the 2020 elections.

Featuring names like the Tennessee Star, the Minnesota Sun, and the Ohio Star Newspaper, these sites appear almost c…

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