Disinfomedia
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:06 pm
A National Public Radio investigation has uncovered evidence that the majority of ‘fake news’ websites are run by a Democratic organization in California called “Disinfomedia”.
https://www.kqed.org/news/11187539/npr- ... ey-learned
Coler, a registered Democrat, says he has no regrets about his fake news empire. He doesn't think fake news swayed the election.
"There are many factors as to why Trump won that don't involve fake news," he says. "As much as I like Hillary, she was a poor candidate. She brought in a lot of baggage."
and to note (or pander) for the Libs on this board:
Coler says his writers have tried to write fake news for liberals -- but they just never take the bait.
Coler's company, Disinfomedia, owns many faux news sites -- he won't say how many. But he says his is one of the biggest fake news businesses out there, which makes him kind of like a godfather of the industry.
At any given time Coler says he's got between 20 and 25 writers. And it was one of them that wrote the story in the Denver Guardian that an FBI agent who leaked Clinton emails was killed. Coler says that over 10 days the site got 1.6 million views. He says stories like this work because they fit into existing right-wing conspiracy theories.
But remember, this guy doesn't think these types of stories influence elections....so, notwithstanding the stances many have already taken on the Anderson Cooper / Weather Man meme from another thread....is Coler correct?
Do you make serious money?
It depends on what you would call serious money. I think I do pretty well.
Can you say how well?
I would rather not. There have been some people who have been reported on recently. The folks in Long Beach that were doing just all-right stuff. They were reporting $10,000 to $30,000 a month. I think that's probably a relative ballpark.
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https://www.kqed.org/news/11187539/npr- ... ey-learned
Coler, a registered Democrat, says he has no regrets about his fake news empire. He doesn't think fake news swayed the election.
"There are many factors as to why Trump won that don't involve fake news," he says. "As much as I like Hillary, she was a poor candidate. She brought in a lot of baggage."
and to note (or pander) for the Libs on this board:
Coler says his writers have tried to write fake news for liberals -- but they just never take the bait.
Coler's company, Disinfomedia, owns many faux news sites -- he won't say how many. But he says his is one of the biggest fake news businesses out there, which makes him kind of like a godfather of the industry.
At any given time Coler says he's got between 20 and 25 writers. And it was one of them that wrote the story in the Denver Guardian that an FBI agent who leaked Clinton emails was killed. Coler says that over 10 days the site got 1.6 million views. He says stories like this work because they fit into existing right-wing conspiracy theories.
But remember, this guy doesn't think these types of stories influence elections....so, notwithstanding the stances many have already taken on the Anderson Cooper / Weather Man meme from another thread....is Coler correct?
Do you make serious money?
It depends on what you would call serious money. I think I do pretty well.
Can you say how well?
I would rather not. There have been some people who have been reported on recently. The folks in Long Beach that were doing just all-right stuff. They were reporting $10,000 to $30,000 a month. I think that's probably a relative ballpark.
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