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    "excerpt": "It bills itself as an \"independent journalism\" outfit, but the innocuous-sounding North Carolinian is among hundreds of partisan sites that researchers say masquerade as local news outlets in battleground states ahead of the US midterm elections.",
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    "title": "'Pseudo-journalism': Partisan 'news' sites target US midterms"
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