Partisanship

An article Links to an external site. by Craig Silverman at Buzzfeed News traced a group of hyper-partisan liberal and conservative websites back to the same company by identifying their Google Analytics and AdSense IDs. On occasion, the websites publish the same stories with only a few word changes to prompt outrage from either side.

Two such articles concern Kellyanne Conway, a Counselor to the President in the Trump administration. The titles are as follows, with links to archived copies of the articles:

• White House Just Gave Conway The Boot, Prepare To Be Infuriated [from Conservative 101 Links to an external site.]
• NEWS White House FINALLY Gives Kellyanne Conway The Boot, Are You Glad? [from Liberal Society Links to an external site.]

Two similar articles concern an ad for The New York Times that ran during tthe 2017 Academy Awards broadcast:

• The New York Times Takes Shot At Trump In Epic Academy Awards Ad, Trump Is Furious [from Liberal Society Links to an external site.] 
• The New York Times Just Ran This Petty Ad At The Oscars, What A Joke! [from Conservative 101 Links to an external site.]

 

note: This information is from Luc Steinberg's blog post "Infographic: Beyond Fake News – 10 Types of Misleading News Links to an external site.," (26 July 2017) for EAVI Links to an external site. and was accessed on 15 July 2020.