This Just in: Fake News Sites Are Great!
Wired, June 25, 2009
By Kevin Poulsen
There's something icky about the fake news ads showing up on genuine news sites like Salon, Slate and Huffington Post. Are things really so bad that media will let scammers use the tropes of journalism to lure consumers into shady deals?
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