{"id":507368,"date":"2022-11-07T02:18:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T23:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/partisan-mailer-poses-as-catholic-newspaper-in-arizona\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T02:18:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T23:18:12","slug":"partisan-mailer-poses-as-catholic-newspaper-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/partisan-mailer-poses-as-catholic-newspaper-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"#Partisan mailer poses as Catholic newspaper in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f97b46894b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f97b46894b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/partisan-mailer-poses-as-catholic-newspaper-in-arizona\/#Partisan_mailer_poses_as_Catholic_newspaper_in_Arizona\" >Partisan mailer poses as Catholic newspaper in Arizona<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Partisan_mailer_poses_as_Catholic_newspaper_in_Arizona\"><\/span>Partisan mailer poses as Catholic newspaper in Arizona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Nicole Leonardi initially thought a new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper had arrived in her mailbox this week. But a closer look at the \u201cArizona Catholic Tribune\u201d revealed a different story.<\/p>\n<p>While it had all the attributes of a traditional print newspaper, including a tagline that read \u201cReal data. Real value. Real news,\u201d the pledge did not match the content.<\/p>\n<p>Leonardi, a Democrat living in Tempe, Arizona, who is not Catholic, quickly realized the paper was fake, a partisan conservative publication with content critical of local Democratic candidates. The paper is also not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, which has disavowed it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was a real paper so I pulled it out,\u201d Leonardi said. \u201cIt\u2019s only when you dig in a bit when you realize that it\u2019s fully pushing right-wing talking points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix area was not the only region where papers with the \u201creal news\u201d tagline recently showed up. Similar publications reportedly arrived in mailboxes in cities in Iowa and Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Catholic Tribune&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> page identifies its owner as Franklin Archer, which is part of a multi-state network of partisan online and print publications posing as local media outlets, according to Priyanjana Bengani, a senior research fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been here before. They did this in Wisconsin before the 2020 election. They did this in Kansas before the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kansas-abortion-vote-recount-e874f56806a9d63b473b24580ad7ea0c\" data-ylk=\"slk:referendum in August about abortion\" class=\"link \">referendum in August about abortion<\/a>,\u201d Bengani said. \u201cI think the number of physical papers we\u2019ve seen this election cycle is more than what we saw in the 2020 cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bengani has traced the networks back to Brian Timpone, who describes himself as a \u201cmedia executive\u201d on a LinkedIn profile, and Bradley Cameron, a strategy consultant. Cameron, Timpone, the Arizona Catholic Tribune, and several companies that are part of the extended network of publications did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>As part of her research for the Tow Center, Bengani has identified more than 1,200 news sites that are part of the network.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of research reports, Bengani has asserted the websites emerged ahead of the 2020 election and that the outlets use the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance of journalistic neutrality to amplify partisan messaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really complicated network. There are lots of different entities that are registered in different states,\u201d Bengani said. She noted that print editions of another publication that is part of the network, the Grand Canyon Times, have been \u201cshowing up in Arizona for a couple of months now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Catholic Tribune that landed in mailboxes this week features a front page story asserting that Democrat Arizona Representatives Tom O\u2019Halleran and Greg Stanton voted to \u201ckeep school \u2018gender services\u2019 secret from parents,\u201d as well as a teaser claiming that Arizona public school teachers are being encouraged to promote a \u201cchild sexualization\u201d reading genre. Such content aligns with Republicans\u2019 efforts to use anti-transgender rhetoric as a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-texas-pennsylvania-campaigns-elections-5bb0f7fb8c162d9f4da5c935271bc255\" data-ylk=\"slk:wedge issue\" class=\"link \">wedge issue<\/a>. Other parts of the paper focus on abortion and one section gave Arizona elected officials grades with their photos, awarding the Republicans As and the Democrats Fs.<\/p>\n<p>A different page features a story devoted to Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-education-social-media-arizona-lakes-b1524fde3437d21ccfca1c445a254d1f\" data-ylk=\"slk:false claim\" class=\"link \">false claim<\/a> that her Democratic opponent Katie Hobbs voted to ban the Pledge of Allegiance and national anthem from schools.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix said in an email that the church is \u201cin no way affiliated or supportive of the \u2018Arizona Catholic Tribune\u2019 publication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Catholic organization and ministries in the Diocese of Phoenix do not engage in partisan politics and do not endorse candidates or parties during any election,\u201d said Brett Meister, the diocese spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>But experts say the paper is clearly designed to suggest otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems to be pretty brazen,\u201d said Matthew Jensen, an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma who focuses on online misinformation. \u201cThe format of the media, the implied endorsement, all of these things, it seems like they are meant to signal an authoritative source.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul Bentz, a Republican pollster who lives in Goodyear, a suburb of Phoenix, said he found a copy of the Arizona Catholic Tribune in his mail Monday. Bentz, who is not Catholic, said political mailers formatted like tabloids are not new in Arizona, though this fake paper is \u201crhetorically over the top\u201d and does not feature any disclaimer. The publication was likely meant to energize Republican voters and keep moderates from voting for Democrats, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one probably went over the line and was a little too blatant in their appeal to conservative voters and it\u2019s drawn the ire of the Catholic Church,\u201d he said. \u201cThe tone and tenor of this does not appear to be about increasing turnout but solidifying the base and negating anyone who may be tempted to vote for their opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press writer Sophia Tulp in New York contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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