With the financial backing of Hollywood, hedge fund managers, and Silicon Valley, Acronym's Courier Newsroom may just change local journalism and politics forever.
Courier Newsroom, created by the dark-money progressive non-profit Acronym, states that they were created to restore trust in journalism by helping to rebuild local media across the country.
Courier aims to combat the misinformation spread by such right-wing sites pretending to be "Local news" by providing readers with transparently progressive local reporting.
Browsing North Carolina's Courier news site Cardinal & Pine, one finds it brands itself as "Local news for the NC community." Newsguard's assessment of Courier, is indeed true, with the overwhelming majority of stories highlighting the successes of North Carolina Democrats such as Governor Roy Cooper, attacking Republicans such as vulnerable Senator Thom Tillis, and promoting Democratic policy positions-notably as it relates to COVID-19 and BLM social justice protests.
"What surprises me is that more entities-especially on the conservative side, since the majority of traditional media already lean left-don't do this. But there are examples on the right-for example, NRA Radio." Donors can be kept secret, as under Citizen's United, the 'periodicals' of 501(c)(4) groups do not have to be filed with FECA. Smith believes organizations such as Courier will likely be a part of a greater trend in local journalism across the country.
Courier, with the same goal, repurposes ideas by PACs and the Democratic Party by attaching a 'news' label for legitimacy.
"The anti-Trump ads from Courier focus on the same points as Pacronym and other Democratic political groups, but if they look like news articles, the audience sees them differently than the same content coming from a politician," According to Deutch at Newsguard.
Courier Newsroom, created by the dark-money progressive non-profit Acronym, states that they were created to restore trust in journalism by helping to rebuild local media across the country.
Courier aims to combat the misinformation spread by such right-wing sites pretending to be "Local news" by providing readers with transparently progressive local reporting.
Browsing North Carolina's Courier news site Cardinal & Pine, one finds it brands itself as "Local news for the NC community." Newsguard's assessment of Courier, is indeed true, with the overwhelming majority of stories highlighting the successes of North Carolina Democrats such as Governor Roy Cooper, attacking Republicans such as vulnerable Senator Thom Tillis, and promoting Democratic policy positions-notably as it relates to COVID-19 and BLM social justice protests.
"What surprises me is that more entities-especially on the conservative side, since the majority of traditional media already lean left-don't do this. But there are examples on the right-for example, NRA Radio." Donors can be kept secret, as under Citizen's United, the 'periodicals' of 501(c)(4) groups do not have to be filed with FECA. Smith believes organizations such as Courier will likely be a part of a greater trend in local journalism across the country.
Courier, with the same goal, repurposes ideas by PACs and the Democratic Party by attaching a 'news' label for legitimacy.
"The anti-Trump ads from Courier focus on the same points as Pacronym and other Democratic political groups, but if they look like news articles, the audience sees them differently than the same content coming from a politician," According to Deutch at Newsguard.
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