Going Rogue: An American Life | Capitol Hill Blue

GOP governors peddle ‘fake news’

September 19, 2017 | by BILL BARROW

Republican governors are getting into the “news” business. The Republican Governors Association has quietly launched an online publication that looks like a media outlet and is branded as such on social media. The Free Telegraph blares headlines about the virtues of GOP governors, while framing Democrats negatively. It asks readers to sign up for breaking news alerts. It launched in the summer bearing no acknowledgement that it was a product of an official party committee whose sole purpose is to get more Republicans elected. Only after The Associated Press inquired about the site last week was a disclosure added to The Free Telegraph’s pages ...

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Another GOP ‘last gasp’ attack on Obamacare

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