You call it fake news but offer no substance to your claim, while the article discusses in great detail how they reach their conclusions. They even say, > We

You call it fake news but offer no substance to your claim, while the article discusses in great detail how they reach their conclusions. They even say, > We suspect many of the local sites are not based in or actually operating within the communities they serve. Timpone had previously operated “local” news sites using content produced by writers based in the Philippines and using fake bylines. But identifying these locations gives a sense of who the operatives who fund them are targeting with their content. But you say "Having local news of any kind is nice!" but is it really? What if that 'local news' is written by people on the other side of the world who are lying about their credentials? Is that still nice to have, good local news? Either way, this article is clearly not 'fake news'.