https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gannett-takes-millions-to-print-fake-conservative-news-that-critics-say-cross-the-line-into-propaganda/ar-AA12RQOx?ocid

The biggest print purveyor in the news industry has been taking money to publish fake newspapers supporting Republican candidates, highlighting mugshots of Black crime suspects, and mocking LGBTQ people.

Gannett which also publishes the conspiratorial Epoch Times hasn't commented on its publication of phony newspapers in Illinois such as “West Cook News” and “Chicago City Wire," which appear to be linked to Florida-based conservative talk show host Dan Proft, who has targeted Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, reported the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

"The fake newspapers previously were printed by a Chicago suburban newspaper, the Daily Herald, but the owner canceled the contract on Sept. 22 after Pritzker publicly chastised the company and refused to participate in a candidates’ debate sponsored by the Daily Herald," the Post-Dispatch reported. "Proft’s company, Local Government Information Services, then took its business to cash-strapped Gannett, lamenting that it had paid 'millions of dollars' to the Daily Herald’s publishing company, Paddock Publications, over a period of several years."

The publications have been repeatedly caught by fact-checkers for peddling misinformation, and their coverage of Pritzker's GOP challenger Darren Bailey appears to have lifted talking points from his campaign promotional materials.

The phony newspapers are also oddly fixated profiling Chicago-area teens with notably low rankings in youth tennis.

“It has all the appearance and trappings of an official news organization, and it’s trying to hitch a ride off the credibility of newspapers built over time,” said Peter Adams, senior vice president of education at the News Literacy Project. “This crosses the boundary into propaganda.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11304327/Ghislaine-Maxwell-asked-Elon-Musk-DESTROY-internet-pic-Vanity-Fair-reporter-reveals.html

Ghislaine Maxwell 'asked Elon Musk to DESTROY the internet after inquiring with Tesla billionaire whether it was possible to remove yourself from web completely,' Vanity Fair reporter reveals

Musk, 51, has denied knowing Maxwell several times and has claimed on Twitter in the past that she 'photo-bombed' the billionaire and would-be Twitter CEO in a photo of the two from a party

A new story sourced to a Vanity Fair staffer, however, alleges that the two had a full conversation at the 2014 Oscar party that the picture was taken at

The staffer claims Maxwell asked Musk if there 'were a way to remove oneself from the internet'

She then, supposedly, encouraged Musk to 'destroy the internet.' Musk allegedly demurred

To wrap up their chat, Maxwell allegedly asked Musk why aliens had yet to make contact with humans

The tech mogul's response, the staffer said, was that 'all civilizations eventually end' and even suggested humans live in a simulation

Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently took questions from convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at a 2014 Vanity Fair party where a now-infamous photo of the two together emerged.

Musk, 51, has denied knowing Maxwell several times and has argued on Twitter in the past that she 'photo-bombed' the billionaire and would-be Twitter CEO.

A new story sourced to a Vanity Fair staffer, however, said that the two had a conversation at the magazine's Oscar party where the picture was snapped.

The staffer claims Maxwell, currently serving her sentence at Florida's FCI Tallahassee prison, asked Musk if there 'were a way to remove oneself from the internet,' according to the New York Times.

She then, supposedly, encouraged Musk to 'destroy the internet.' Musk allegedly demurred.

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June for assisting Jeffrey Epstein in his elaborate sex trafficking scheme. She is currently serving her time at Florida's low-security FCI Tallahassee prison.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently took questions from convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at a 2014 Vanity Fair party where a now-infamous photo of the two together emerged.

Musk, 51, has denied knowing Maxwell several times and has argued on Twitter in the past that she 'photo-bombed' the billionaire and would-be Twitter CEO.

A new story sourced to a Vanity Fair staffer, however, said that the two had a conversation at the magazine's Oscar party where the picture was snapped.

The staffer claims Maxwell, currently serving her sentence at Florida's FCI Tallahassee prison, asked Musk if there 'were a way to remove oneself from the internet,' according to the New York Times.

She then, supposedly, encouraged Musk to 'destroy the internet.' Musk allegedly demurred.

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June for assisting Jeffrey Epstein in his elaborate sex trafficking scheme. She is currently serving her time at Florida's low-security FCI Tallahassee prison.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently took questions from convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at a 2014 Vanity Fair party where a now-infamous photo of the two together emerged.

Musk, 51, has denied knowing Maxwell several times and has argued on Twitter in the past that she 'photo-bombed' the billionaire and would-be Twitter CEO.

A new story sourced to a Vanity Fair staffer, however, said that the two had a conversation at the magazine's Oscar party where the picture was snapped.

The staffer claims Maxwell, currently serving her sentence at Florida's FCI Tallahassee prison, asked Musk if there 'were a way to remove oneself from the internet,' according to the New York Times.

She then, supposedly, encouraged Musk to 'destroy the internet.' Musk allegedly demurred.

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June for assisting Jeffrey Epstein in his elaborate sex trafficking scheme. She is currently serving her time at Florida's low-security FCI Tallahassee prison.