Republican Group Rolls Out Fake News Websites

[IDemo]

The National Republican Congressional Committee is getting into the local news business — at least until the midterm elections are over.

The NRCC has released a line of websites to attack Democratic candidates that have the look and feel of local news websites. The sites have names like “Central Valley Update” and “Augusta Update.” A box at the bottom of the page indicates the website is paid for by the NRCC. Some two dozen of the sites are now live.

“This is a new and effective way to disseminate information to voters who are interested in learning the truth about these Democratic candidates,” NRCC spokesperson Andrea Bozek said of the new line of sites. “While Democrats would rather hide their candidates and their reckless agenda, we believe voters deserve to know the facts.” Bozek added that the websites are not illegal.

The group drew criticism earlier this year over websites, including fundraising portals that confused some voters, which spoofed the websites of Democratic candidates.

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[n2doc]

1. This is a new and effective way to disseminate lies to voters ...

There, I fixed it for them.

How long until crap from these sites gets posted on DU as true stories?

[groundloop]

6. Exactly - at least some of their lies will be picked up as "news"

If nothing else it will show up in social media and local chat sites as such, and at least a few people who don't pay close attention will buy into it. IMO this is taking Swift Boating to a new level.

[toddwv]

2. They're calling them Fox News East, Fox News West...

j/k.

[Rex]

3. Their mission to make complete IDIOTS out of their base is successful!

Now they don't even need fake news like Soxnews...they can just make it into a political add, pretending to be news.

Oh wait...that is Soxnews! Well just one more step in making sure their voters are the dumbest fuckers on the planet.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. This just in....

...Recent studies show that the republican party has stooped to new lows for the sake of winning close elections. The national party, with it's aging numbers dwindling, has launched an effort to confuse ignorant people with fake news stories about democratic contenders.

We now go to Don Webster at the scene of the crime...

[kemah]

5. When you can not run on your agenda but have to make stuff up, you are losing

The GOP agenda has proven to be a dismal failure, eg:, Kansas, then what have got left but to dupe the voters, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and activists justices.