Ever picked up what looks like a local paper or clicked on a link to what should be a local story only to find pseudo journalism masquerading as local reporting?

Congratulations! You just got slimed. Pink slimed that is.

Pink Slime Journalism referrers to the low-cost, low-quality local-ish news content oozing across the country, especially prominent in news deserts that lack local coverage.

Domenic and Jenna interview Barrett Golding, a Peabody Award-winning producer and Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow who also created and runs the blog IFFY News, an index of Unreliable News Sources.

https://iffy.news/

Headlines:

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Interview:

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Spotlight:

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Headline Articles:

Scripps News To Partner With ProPublica On Original Investigative Journalism

https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/scripps-news-to-partner-with-propublica-on-original-investigative-journalism/

GBH employees say they were left in the dark as layoffs announced

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/05/22/its-really-disturbing-gbh-employees-say-they-were-left-in-the-dark-as-layoffs-announced/

GBH is laying off 31 employees, about 4% of Boston public station workforce: ‘This is painful’

https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/05/22/gbh-is-cutting-employees-at-boston-public-station-we-have-been-told-nothing-its-really-disturbing/

Spotlight Article:

I Went to Karen Summer Camp

A rage ritual might be the only place in America where the wrath of white women is welcomed.

https://www.thefp.com/p/i-went-to-karen-summer-camp