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The U.S. Midterms Were Once Again Flooded By Fake ‘Pink Slime’ Local Newspaper Propaganda

from the fake-plastic-everything dept For more than a generation, U.S. media academics have warned anybody who’d listen that the death of your local newspaper and the steady consolidation of local TV broadcasters was creating either “news deserts,” or …

Pink slime in ice machine: Dauphin County restaurant inspections, Nov. 1, 2026

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers. READ: What do restaurant inspectors look for and can they close a restaurant? Bogeys And Hoagies, 2101 N 2nd …

McHaggis? Court Green-Lights Lawsuit Alleging That The McRib Contains Non-Rib Meat

Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Many were excited when McDonald's recently announced, "The McRib is back." The question is whether it is really back or really a McRib. In an interesting decision out of Chicago, U.S. …

Observed bedding in the food facility: Berks County restaurant inspections, Nov. 4, 2026

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers. READ: What do restaurant inspectors look for and can they close a restaurant? Aldi, 3520 N. 5th St., Hwy. …

Pink Slime Websites Infect AI Chatbots Ahead of U.S. Midterms

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use AI to Vote

As Americans go to the polls today, many will have had their decision about who to vote for informed by an artificial intelligence–powered chatbot. Around 50 percent of recently surveyed US adults have at one time used an AI chatbot, and 8 percent say they …

Move Over Claude & Gemini

Steven Brill believes you can get instant in-depth information that’s also true in the new AI age. Not only that — he believes that can happen by working with and supporting true news outlets rather than stealing their stories and mixing them up with “pink …

Is it legit? How to tell if that website or social media account is a scam

<img src="https://helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/0416YaobSCFOzP6XCnNcZhr/hero-image.jpg" alt="A collage depicting several browser windows overlaid on top of each other and an influencer leaning out from a …

Pink Slime journalism sticks to public universities

Over the past year, a publication known as the High Country Times has sent an array of Freedom of Information Act requests to App State, requesting compensation data, syllabi records and information regarding the board of trustees.  It is one of thousands …

'Pink slime' sites: 'Pseudo-journalism': Partisan 'news' sites target US midterms

It bills itself as an "independent journalism" outfit, but the innocuous-sounding North Carolinian is among hundreds of partisan sites that researchers say masquerade as local news outlets in battleground states ahead of the US midterm elections …

Partisan publications masked as news sites have cropped up across the state

Sign up for the Valley News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Deb Paul is the publisher of a small-market newspaper in southern New Hampshire. When a local business owner received an unfamiliar newspaper in the mail, he alerted her …

NewsGuard’s Midterms Misinformation Briefing

Published on Oct. 26, 2026   From Russian influence campaigns pushing bogus claims about candidates, to new secretly partisan-funded “pink slime” sites masquerading as legitimate news outlets, NewsGuard analysts have been separating truth from fiction …

Website reporting on crime in Victoria staffed by Philippines workers

The director of a website that reports news stories on Victorian crime has admitted its local team of reporters does not exist and that he uses workers in the Philippines. Victoria Crime News (VCN) credits its stories to a four-person team of specialist …

Experts warn of ‘pink slime’ tactics from new Georgia news websites

In late July, a new website popped online carrying local news stories from Georgia. There was an article about a disgraced former Atlanta City Council member, another about President Donald Trump’s visit to Cobb County, and one about Georgia coach Kirby …

Portland Press Herald, Which Publishes Paid Stories For Maine’s Democrat Governor, Complaining About ‘Pink Slime?’

The state’s largest daily, which Gov. Janet Mills has paid to produce rose-colored “news,” is upset with websites publishing “politicized” content. Hard to believe if it weren’t in print. In a piece Wednesday, the Press Herald catalogued online …

Inside the rise of Maine’s partisan ‘pink slime’ news pages

Political Strategists Are Hacking AI To Influence Voters

This is a web version of The Lever’s daily email newsletter. Thinking of consulting an AI chatbot to research candidates and issues before Election Day? Think again.  Political influence campaigns are turning artificial intelligence chatbots into political …

A Mystery ‘News’ Site Is Helping Vivek Ramaswamy Push His Nasty Attack Ad

Source: Michael Swensen / GettyRepublican slime bag and relentless troll Vivek Ramaswamy, who also happens to be running for governor of Ohio, has become the center of unethical ad campaigns after he released an attack featuring his Democratic …

Pink slime in your bathroom isn’t mold: Doctor warns

Ever seen a pink film coating your shower corner? That slime creeping along the grout is not soap scum. It's not rust from the drain or hard water build-up. No, it isn’t mold either. In fact, that pink slime can make some people sick.Dr Mahyar …