Partisan News Organizations Push Politically Convenient Content Ahead of Election: Report

News media should promote innovation, entrepreneurship, independence, accountability, and cultures that build trust between publishers and readers that what they are reading is the truth—the whole truth—and not the soft left pap for which so many are famous, says Peter Menzies. Billion Photos/Shutterstock

As trust in legacy media continues to erode, a U.S. news website has revealed a network of approximately 51 locally branded publications run by Democratic “operatives” in crucial swing states ahead of the November election.

In its Oct. 6 article “Democrats’ swing-state local news ploy,” Axios reports these publications feature slanted headlines critical of GOP candidates presented as objective news.