Two seemingly distinct news stories about Kamala Harris’s presidential election campaign cast light on each other and also illuminate the central quality of deception in her bid for the White House.

One story is that she bought ads for delivery to people searching Google for news. Users get a stack of links to stories on real news sites. So far, so normal. But the headlines and decks are changed to messaging crafted by Harris campaign operatives. You can see how they look at the Google Ads Transparency Center.