{"id":1678286,"date":"2022-10-07T13:17:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T17:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1678286"},"modified":"2022-10-07T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T17:20:57","slug":"democrat-operatives-are-running-swing-state-pr-campaigns-disguised-as-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-operatives-are-running-swing-state-pr-campaigns-disguised-as-local-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Operatives Are Running Swing-State PR Campaigns Disguised As Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-operatives-are-running-swing-state-pr-campaigns-disguised-as-local-news%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1678286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democrat operatives have set up websites disguised as innocent local news to disseminate leftist propaganda and boost blue candidates in swing states ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. <\/p>\n<p>As of October, Local Report Inc., an organization formed just last year, created more than 50 websites masquerading as media outlets to influence \u201clocal\u201d coverage of key races and issues.<\/p>\n<p>A closer look by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/10\/06\/democrats-local-news-david-brock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios<\/a> found that these sites are also associated with and sometimes even manned by writers from The American Independent, a progressive media group founded by the same Democrat operative, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/08\/17\/did-media-matters-shill-so-hard-for-hillary-that-it-broke-the-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Brock<\/a>, who created the leftist propaganda machine Media Matters for America.<\/p>\n<p>The websites target voters in swing states such as Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin with stories that look like news but are actually designed to boost Democrats\u2019 midterm priorities. <\/p>\n<p>That includes amplifying pro-abortion candidates and their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/20\/media-activists-wont-grill-democrats-on-unpopular-abortion-extremism-because-they-agree-with-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unpopular baby-killing agenda<\/a>, celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wayneherald.org\/governor-whitmer-celebrates-federal-student-loan-forgiveness-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats\u2019 embrace<\/a> of the crisis-plagued Biden administration, and penning hit pieces that <a href=\"https:\/\/northernclarkcountyherald.com\/adam-laxalts-new-communications-director-spotted-alongside-fringe-militia-group-on-january-6th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">target Republican candidates in tight races<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In some cases, Local Report\u2019s websites went so far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByNickEWoot\/status\/1575278829068853249?s=20&amp;t=Zyt_kCSMvce_Q4ikG2WQiA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">copy the work of other legitimate news organizations<\/a> and were still rewarded with the attention of <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/2e14adc6208f\/new-report-kemp-could-direct-abortion-investigations?e=394e540661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams\/status\/1575264911311126529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stacey Abrams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Axios reports that \u201cLocal Report stories have popped up in communications from the Democratic Parties of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgiaDemocrat\/status\/1573074926881447938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichiganDems\/status\/1572604815724748803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidABergstein\/status\/1567890396209881089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee<\/a>, Michigan\u2019s Democratic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JocelynBenson\/status\/1567518550885109760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secretary of state<\/a>\u00a0and independent political groups such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/votingwhileblk\/status\/1568273534123663360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Color of Change<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemCoalition\/status\/1567179024329236480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Democratic Coalition<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By manufacturing \u201cnews\u201d websites to influence voters, Local Report joins the efforts of other Democrat propaganda groups including the George Soros-linked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/courier-newsroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Courier Newsroom<\/a>, which prides itself on disguising leftist narratives as local news. The supervisor tasked with overseeing the launch of Courier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/dygyaq\/docs-shadow-inc-directly-tied-to-left-wing-media-operation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a>\u00a0in a 2020 interview with Vice that \u201cit\u2019s more effective to create \u2018news content\u2019 than to simply run ads for Democratic causes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as Democrats\u2019 top issues such as abortion and climate change aren\u2019t faring well with voters, who are more concerned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/monmouthpoll_us_100322\/\">inflation, economic recession<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/05\/midterm-voters-crime-guns-00060393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rising crime<\/a>, it\u2019s no surprise that they feel the need to hide their shady campaigning behind inconspicuous sites. <\/p>\n<p>Axios calls these actions a \u201cploy.\u201d Contrast that characterization with a report from Politico, which called GOP efforts to restore the balance in news in the 2018 election cycle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/04\/30\/breitbart-tennessee-fake-news-560670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cfake\u201d news.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/snopes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sham fact-checking website Snopes<\/a> and Harvard\u2019s media arm Nieman Lab used similar framing in the 2020 election cycle when it smeared Republicans for entering the world of media and said their presence was just going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2020\/07\/hundreds-of-hyperpartisan-sites-are-masquerading-as-local-news-this-map-shows-if-theres-one-near-you\/\">\u201cexacerbate polarization.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The press is certainly not unfamiliar with harnessing its control of information to influence elections. During the 2020 elections, the corrupt corporate media <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/17\/after-throttling-the-hunter-biden-laptop-story-with-hacked-and-russian-disinformation-lies-propaganda-press-quietly-admit-it-was-completely-legit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tried to memory-hole<\/a> the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell by claiming it was Russian disinformation. Other outlets such as NPR went so far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/10\/22\/npr-says-they-wont-cover-the-hunter-biden-story-because-russia-and-it-doesnt-amount-to-much\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledge not to cover the issue at all<\/a>. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat operatives have set up websites disguised as innocent local news to disseminate leftist propaganda and boost blue candidates in swing states ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. 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