Fake Newspapers Are Flooding America

<p>From Ohio to North Dakota, thousands of people have suddenly gotten brand new newspapers delivered to their doorsteps out of the blue. These newspapers are fake news outlets created by the oil and gas industry to influence public opinion in key districts, and they're having a major impact.</p><p>Top investigative journalist Miranda Green has been uncovering these schemes. She joins me to talk about how these shady publications are mimicking legitimate local newspapers to spread propaganda and influence public opinion.​</p><p>The fake outlets are already playing a major role in influencing public opinion and even jury pools, such as in the recent $666 million judgment against Greenpeace related to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Miranda reveals the oil and gas industry's fake news playbook and how it's eroding our news environment. </p><p><strong>Subscribe to my newsletter:</strong> <a href="https://www.usermag.co/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠https://www.usermag.co⁠</a></p><p><strong>Subscribe to my YouTube:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TaylorLorenz" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TaylorLorenz⁠</a> </p><p><strong>Follow me on IG:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz⁠</a> </p><p><strong>Follow me on Bluesky: </strong><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/taylorlorenz.bsky.social" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠https://bsky.app/profile/taylorlorenz.bsky.social⁠</a> </p>