Courier Newsroom is a digital media company that operates news outlets and sponsors political content intended to support Democratic candidates.[1][a][3][4][5] The goal of Courier Newsroom publications, according to an internal memo obtained by Vice News, "is to create shareable viral pseudo 'news content' to boost its preferred candidates."[1] Courier's founder is Tara McGowan, who used to work for the Obama campaign and for the SuperPAC Priorities USA Action.[6][7] Courier is run primarily by former Democratic operatives. Courier is owned by Good Information Inc.[8][9] It has received funding from Planned Parenthood to cover abortion related issues.[10]
NOTUS wrote that "Courier grew out of a series of explicitly political experiments that hinged on using paid online advertising to turn out voters. It then pivoted to being a privately owned media company" that is "testing the limits of what a newsroom can be."[10]
NewsGuard, a misinformation tracking company that rates the reliability of news sources, has warned that "Courier's undisclosed funders and glowing coverage of Democratic candidates should raise questions about its reliability."[10] A 2024 study by NewsGuard found that "the number of partisan-backed outlets designed to look like impartial news outlets has officially surpassed the number of real, local daily newspapers in the U.S." NewsGuard identified at least 1,265 such websites "backed by dark money or intentionally masquerading as local news sites for political purposes." According to Axios, almost half of these websites are targeted to swing states, "a clear sign that they're designed to influence politics." Courier Newsroom was described by Axios as having "some of the more strategic sites."[11]
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^Brill, Steven (2024-06-02). "The new pink slime media". Semafor. Archived from the original on 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
^Fischer, Sara (2021-10-26). "Reid Hoffman, George Soros back media firm to combat disinformation". Axios. Archived from the original on 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
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^Fischer, Sara (June 11, 2024). "Dark money news outlets outpacing local daily newspapers". Axios. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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