Sad Milestone: Fake Local News Sites Now Outnumber Real Local Newspaper Sites in U.S.

PLUS: AI-generated site gets programmatic ads ripping off NewsGuard Co-CEO’s book chapter on programmatic ads; the Trump probation officer that wasn’t

Welcome to NewsGuard's Reality Check, a report on how misinformation online is undermining trust — and who’s behind it.

Today:

• Russian disinformation operative’s AI-aided handiwork joins PAC-financed sites on left and right to edge past legitimate newspaper sites

• Irony alert: To earn programmatic advertising, AI-generated website plagiarizes Brill’s chapt…