Pink slime and the phantom newsroom: When bots like ‘San Diego City Wire’ pretend to be your neighbors | Escondido Grapevine San Diego’s got sunshine, surf, and—who knew—synthetic journalism. Lately, a site called San Diego City Wire has been popping up in social feeds and sear

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For several years, I’ve been very interested in #pinkslimejournalism and its impacts.

I would be very interested to learn what news mirages or pink slim journalism outlets folks see operating in Whatcom and Skagit County.

DM me if you have insights!

An illustrated guide to ‘pink slime’ journalism - Poynter These low-effort websites fill the vacuum where real local news used to be.

Wollen wir uns mal mehr mit #pinkslimejournalism beschäftigen?

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