Manipulating news headlines for political gain is a bipartisan affair

Published August 16, 2024 5:00am ET



There’s at least one thing Republican and Democratic campaigns both have apparent affinities for: altering news headlines to try and score points with voters.

The campaigns of several Republican elected officials and a former GOP lawmaker have previously manipulated news headlines and article descriptions in Google Search ads to target voters, the Washington Examiner has found.

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