![]() ![]() Georgia's fledgling website gets a boost from publisher John Fredericks' talk radio show that has featured numerous figures from Trump's orbit, including Bannon and former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Many of the Star News sites have been around for a while, but the 2020 election - and an intense focus on swing states like Georgia - has helped the sites' stories reach a much a larger audience. Since last year's election, some of those sites have spent months churning out false content suggesting Trump won the election and claiming that massive electoral fraud will be uncovered. The Star News sites are part of a larger pro-Trump media ecosystem that emerged over the course of his four years in office. "It's very populist, it's very nationalist, it's very MAGA, it's very American First." Pro-Trump media ecosystem ![]() Steve Bannon, a former strategist for former President Donald Trump, described The Georgia Star News in a radio interview as content "you can't get anywhere else." The group operates eight state-focused news sites, including in key Electoral College states such as Michigan, Arizona, Ohio and Florida. It's part of the Star News Network - an expanding network of pro-Trump sites seeking to influence local politics with conservative opinion by mimicking the look and feel of local newspaper sites. If you don't follow politics in Georgia closely - or even if you do - you might be forgiven for not knowing much about The Georgia Star News.įounded just after the November election when President Biden narrowly flipped the state by about 12,000 votes, it looks like a regular news website with a lifestyle section, a widget for the weather and stories about local and national goings-on.īut the site is more than just a local news outlet. Despite three recounts of the tally, former President Donald Trump and his allies falsely claim electoral fraud cost him the state. Georgia election workers begin their recount of ballots after the November election.
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