User:Praxidicae/fakenews/2

Three concerning publications all have online presences which do not appear to have the same editorial control that their print editions have. More specifically, they do not have any quality control and publish blatant paid for and PR pieces with no identification. I suspect this falls in line with several black hat SEO firms pushing their clients.


 * The Statesman (India) specifically bulk publishes content by "SNS Web Desk" as if it's written by a journalist. This is nothing more than PR, it's under their "inspiration hub" and widely used to "claim" notability in AFD. This specific use of TS should be deprecated. examples:


 * The Hans India same as above, they appear to have a large portion of their digital paper dedicated to churnalism and publication of pay for PR with no fact checking. Example:


 * Same for Mid-day. Examples: