How Russia's pink slime is poisoning online news: That's the name given to the growing number of local sites which pump out a sinister mix of apparently harmless stories alongside hatchet jobs and propaganda for the Kremlin

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Supposed news sites like London Post show shady Russian interests have hijacked Britain's local news industry to advance their own political agenda and even destabilise our democracy.

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How Russia's pink slime is poisoning online news: That's the name given to the growing number of local sites which pump out a sinister mix of apparently harmless stories alongside hatchet jobs and propaganda for the Kremlin
Supposed news sites like London Post show shady Russian interests have hijacked Britain's local news industry to advance their own political agenda and even destabilise our democracy.

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Source reliability: 63/100
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