Editorial: Enough with fake newspapers where propaganda masquerades as news
by Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
May 04, 2023
3 minutes
Campaign sleight of hand comes in many forms. Illinoisans are learning more about a particularly deceitful stratagem called Local Government Information Services — an innocuous name for what amounts to an affront to the institution of a free press and, more broadly, American democracy.
During last year’s midterm election season, Illinois residents began seeing in their mailboxes mailings made to look like newspapers, with mastheads such as the ““Chicago City Wire,” “Will County Gazette” and
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