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The unusual effort in Hinsdale – which ultimately failed when Hinsdale voted yes to the $140m funding, was one of the more strident examples of what appears to be a sweeping effort to populate the country with local, rightwing-skewed news sites.
Locality Labs operates scores of sites across Illinois, Michigan, Maryland and Wisconsin, often sharing content. In Michigan alone, the Lansing State Journal reported, almost 40 sites opened in one fell swoop this fall.
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Sean Hayden
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It would be illegal in a civilized country.
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Hermit
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It's not illegal, therefore there's nothing wrong here.
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Tero
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Re: The fake news industry
If it were just TV or AM radio, most people would recognize it as a sort of entertainment. Not humor, just a sort of thing for enforcing your conpiracy theorist mind.
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Scot Dutchy
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Thank you Hermit.
I know football supporters have problems with that. "Holland Holland" fits better than "Nederland Nederland". Mind you in the hockey world the latter is always preferred. There has to be a difference of course.
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Holland is a state of mind... 
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Scot Dutchy
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Yep in Noord and Zuid Holland it is very much so. Historical. "Wij Hollanders"... "Spreek je Hollands?". "Je hebt wel een Hollands tongue in je hoofd?" Are typical Hollands sayings. Another one I like and is totally untranslatable: "Gezellig Hollands". You could write a book about that.
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