- As real journalists from The Washington Post, the AP and elsewhere are getting laid off, pink-slime news sites are stepping in to fill the void. 🧵
- In my latest investigation for @columjournreview.bsky.social, I found that a network of 1,200 news-appearing websites isn’t just publishing slanted articles wrapped as journalism, it’s filing FOIAs to get personal data— 1,000s of them.Feb 5, 2026 19:59
- Last year Metric Media filed more than 9,000 public records, and it’s used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens. Many of the requests are for data at the forefront of America’s culture-wars, from allegedly rigged elections to banned books to transgender inmates.
