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NPR: Fake 'local news' network of 37 sites boosts Democratic House candidates, cited by ChatGPT

NPR identifies fake local-news sites boosting Democrats

1 Oct 30 5:00 AM · 9d ago · 3 articles · 2 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 2

NPR reports that websites of unknown origin, designed to look like local news outlets, are targeting key U.S. House races by promoting Democratic candidates; the sites are getting picked up and cited in ChatGPT's responses, while Google's products avoid surfacing them.

“The websites of unknown origin are targeting key U.S. House races. They are getting picked up by ChatGPT's responses but Google's products avoid promoting them.”

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Huo Jingnan NPR reporterOpenAI / ChatGPT AI chatbot citing the sitesGoogle Search and AI platformUnknown network operators Operators of the 37 fake local-news sites

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  1. 2 outlets Websites pretending to be local news are boosting Democratic candidates

    first by NPR, 9d ago · also NPR News

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