A film about manufactured news – driven by ratings:
From the prescient Sidney 1976 Lumet film “Network” about a deranged news anchor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSGvqQHpjs
Article by Steven Lee Myers in the New York Times 3/7/24
Headline” “Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S.”
Not too long ago, this modest website about the media was subject to a DNS attack by Russian bots and over 4,000 fake accounts had to be removed. Took some time. So it’s no surprise that some – over there – have also set up fake news sites (some are very crude) to influence things here.
Here’s the article for you to peruse, however NYT is paywalled.