How Facebook powers money machines for obscure political 'news' sites
by Dan Tynan in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#1RHVE)
From Macedonia to the San Francisco Bay, clickbait political sites are cashing in on Trumpmania - and they're getting a big boost from Facebook
Donald Trump may be struggling to capture a majority of voters in the heartland of America, but there is one eastern European precinct he would likely carry in a landslide - if only they were allowed to vote in US elections.
The town of Veles, Macedonia (population 44,000), is the unlikely home for dozens of avowedly pro-Trump political news sites, featuring headlines like Hillary's Illegal Email Just Killed Its First American Spy and This is How Liberals Destroyed America, This Is Why We Need Trump in the White House.
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