2/ Mount Vernon News had been owned by the same family since 1939, but by 2020, it was barely holding on. The paper was sold to Metric Media, a news network described by media researchers as “pink slime” — named for filler in processed meat.

I don't see why Oprah or another very wealthy, knowledgeable good person doesn't buy up all the little small-town papers and just let them roll with the good, the bad, and the ugly so they become up-to-date with reality.

3/ Metric has received $1.4M from DonorsTrust, a dark-money group linked to the Koch brothers. The company is run by Brian Timpone, who has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to conservative causes. His ventures have been accused of plagiarism and using fabricated quotes.