Ohio Midterms Prove ‘Pink Slime’ News Is Bipartisan

Bomeli followed two Ohio outlets that gave the same campaign ad very different treatment. The Tow Center checked business filings, website registrations and advertising records and identified more than 60 locally branded sites run by partisan networks.

Democratic-aligned groups spent more than $1 million on Facebook ads promoting stories from TiffinOhio. The site's publisher denied receiving political money; the researchers found no direct payments to him or the network in the campaign and union records they reviewed.