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* My usual Google News search yielded two very similar results. Headline from CBS 2…

Pritzker, Bailey have lopsided war chests in race for governor

* Headline from some shady bot site called The Bharat Express News…

Pritzker, Bailey Have Crooked War Chests in Race for Governor

* Back to CBS 2…

The unofficial start to campaign season is less than two weeks away, and Illinois’ candidates for governor are starting to ramp up their campaign appearances and, inevitably, their fundraising.

As CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reported Wednesday, the campaign war chests for Gov. JB Pritzker and state Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) are pretty lopsided right now.

* Bharat Express News…

The unofficial start of the campaign season is less than two weeks away and the candidates for Illinois governor are beginning to ramp up their campaign appearances and, inevitably, their fundraising.

As TBEN 2 political researcher Dana Kozlov reported Wednesday, the campaign war chests for government JB Pritzker and state senator Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) are pretty skewed right now.

Google really needs to do a better job.

…Adding… From some bizarre bot rewrite site called HindiAble…

American politician Darren Bailey is a Republican senator from Illinois’ fifty fifth district. His first day in workplace as president was January 13, 2021, and his closing day will likely be January 11, 2023.

Previous to becoming a member of the Senate, the 109th District Consultant served as Illinois’ consultant within the Illinois Home for one time period. He spent 17 years, the final 12 of which he presided over, on the North Clay college board earlier than changing into a senator.

Bailey is vying for the job of governor of Illinois. He will likely be up for election within the Republican major on June 28, 2022. There are six contenders within the Republican major for governor of Illinois; Darren and Richard Irvin have dominated fundraising and media consideration.

When serving within the state senate, he has additionally burdened his favor for Donald Trump, his help for police enforcement, and his opposition to Governor J.B. Pritzker. Moreover, he has advocated for tax cuts and decrease authorities spending.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 11:34 am

Comments

Can’t wait to add the Bharat Fax to my daily news intake

Comment by Google Is Your Friend Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 11:44 am
You’d hope that a major-market television personality wouldn’t have to moonlight like this.

– MrJM

Comment by MisterJayEm Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 11:57 am
Google Is Your Friend, send me you email and I’ll share my Bharat Fax password.

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 12:01 pm
I can see the AI thesaurus is hard at work. But it does seem to be getting tripped up by the CBS abbreviation, replacing it with TBEN. That looks like an organic chemistry thesaurus was used to swap that string of characters.

Comment by TheInvisibleMan Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 12:04 pm
I wonder if the Bharat News or other bots have ever reported on a lopisided Cubs loss? How entertaining that would be to read.

Or anything regarding the Sox and LaRussa?

Comment by StateEmployeeThatIsNotInAFSCME Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 12:18 pm
This is why we have the Millers and CapFax. We don’t need to clutter our news intake with dreck from BN. Thank Rich and Isabel.

Comment by froganon Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 12:26 pm
It could be that somebody at Bharat Express News has the notion that if they change a word or two in stolen work, they avoid copyright infringement. They’re wrong, of course.

There’s beaucoup plagiarism and copyright theft on the ‘Net.

Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 12:35 pm
Clearly they are plagiarizing that article. They weren’t even trying to pretend. Change a few words but it’s a clear copy & paste.

Comment by Levois J Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 12:35 pm
Who can forget that famous Nixon phrase: “I am not lopsided”

Comment by Ok Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 12:57 pm
“Burdened his favor for Donald Trump” sounds like a euphemism for some sort of unseemly behavior.

Comment by MountainDog Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 1:27 pm
“I am not lopsided” Or was it “I am not a lopside”?

Comment by Skeptic Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 1:58 pm
Transparently they are poaching that article. They weren’t even trying to posture. Change a few appelations but it’s a clear facsimile & glue.

Comment by Shark Sandwich Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 2:04 pm
How soon will the Bharat Express News repackage a story from the Onion and post it as if it’s a real news item?

Comment by cover Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 2:10 pm
I tried a Google search for one, but does anyone know if there’s actually a Bot Speak translation site online? I’m curious to know how it would “translate” something like “Chicago Cubs eliminated from playoff race.”

Comment by StateEmployeeThatIsNotInAFSCME Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 2:18 pm
“The BOTS send another fake news story our way, but this time we’re ready. Spam detection is better than ever. Would you like to know more?” (click here).
(parody of a Starship Troopers FedNet propaganda ad). Anybody forward that item to a CBS2 editor? They might not know about TBE doing this.

Comment by thisjustinagain Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 3:20 pm
Still beats a Proft psuedo-paper.

Comment by Give Us Barabbas Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 3:35 pm
==Still beats a Proft psuedo-paper.==

Or a modern-day Gannett/Gatehouse paper (I’m talking to you, SJR).

Comment by StateEmployeeThatIsNotInAFSCME Thursday, Aug 25, 22 @ 3:44 pm