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I concluded the portion of Kamala Harris could run for California Governor on Throwback Thursday above the jump by writing "I'm suspicious of the channel itself. I wonder who's behind it." This is why.

There's been a rise in the last few months of Russian-linked disinformation sites that look misleadingly like real news outlets. These may look like regular print news websites, but the content is AI-generated with a pro-Russian narrative looking to intentionally mislead users. In this special edition of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl gives our viewers some insight, tips and tricks on how to tell what's true and what's fake.

The operation is called DoppelGanger, and the channel's name, production values, and editorial slant reminded me of the tactics described above.  This time, it's a YouTube channel, not a misleading website.  I'm keeping an eye on it and thinking of who to report it to beyond just YouTube.  It may not be Russian, but it has an agenda, and I don't like it.  And, no, I'm not naming the channel here to make it more difficult to link my suspicions with its name.  Click on the link to my main blog to find out.

I used a slightly shorter video with a better preview image for Project 2025 and Trump on Social Security and Medicare.

The videos by "The Daily Show" were too unfocused, so I wrote Seth Meyers takes more closer looks at Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News instead.

I removed the following video from Colbert and Meyers take closer looks at Tucker Carlson and Fox News once I realized it wasn't a closer look.

I used a more comprehensive and thoughtful video from PBS in Journalists, climate modelers, and others recognized for Nobel Prize Day 2021.

MSNBC and NBC News are picking a fight with The Epoch Times.  *pops popcorn and draws up a chair*

On Monday, I wrote:

[Optimism] seems to be the theme for nearly all the articles from Model D Media's Buzz page. Of course, one should expect that from a publication whose Twitter profile states:

We love Detroit. We write about Detroit. We photograph Detroit. We film Detroit. We want you to love Detroit, too.

...And whose attitude I characterized as "Optimism but not business as usual." They're certainly living up to both my billing and their own.

Yesterday, I saw that the latest edition of Model D had been posted, with enough sustainablity stories to make up for the magazine skipping last week for the Memorial Day weekend. This prompted me to look for videos on YouTube about Model D Media. I found the following, which is a talk by one of the founders of Model D about the philosophy behind their online magazine.

As you can see, the co-founder had several driving ideas for the publication. First, instead of reporting what the co-founder called "stories about loss," the publication's emphasis is reporting the good news and reward worthwhile behavior. Second, the magazine wants to protray the reality on the ground instead of sticking to the set narrative, hence the kind of stories from Model D, either their original reporting or what they've found reported elsewhere, which shows the grassroots revitalization of the city, not the "Detroit is a disaster zone" reporting typical for the place. Finally, they wanted to show the people in the front rows of change, not the same ten people who always get the press. No wonder I see their tone as "optimism, but not business as usual." That's what they had in mind!

Model D Media, fans of Detroit.



Above originally posted to Crazy Eddie's Motie News.