Mediagazer: By using SEO terms like “crisis actor” gamed by right-wing media pubs, conservatives populate search results with unsubstantiated and conspiratorial views (Francesca Tripodi/Wired)

11:15 AM ET, October 15, 2019

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Francesca Tripodi / Wired:

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