Newspapers Are Publishing Mountains of Gambling Slop

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

A large network of prominent regional newspapers has posted thousands of low-quality articles promoting gambling and prediction markets -- and is pretending it's journalism.

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... promoting gambling and prediction markets ...

Yeah, the newspapers seem to be citing the gambling and prediction markets as if they are actual polls.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 12:18 AM | Reply

I don't bet, but if I did, I would bet that Trump will, fairly soon, resign so that Vance can rise to the Presidency and pardon everything and anything that the Trump grifting gang has or will do.
Then Trump takes his billions and laughs like anything at all the fools who voted for him to do anything but wreck this country. It is what I would do, though I do long to spend my last years on a Hawaiian beach, and Trump probably has different visions of his heaven on earth.
Is he screwy enough to actually cherish the thought of a fight for a third term?

#2 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-05-14 07:33 AM | Reply

"and is pretending it's journalism."

So it's like fox "news".

#3 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-05-14 07:53 AM | Reply

I've been learning more about "prediction markets" lately.

What absolute garbage. Shameless POSes that blather on about it being an "investment."

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-14 08:37 AM | Reply

Where's JeffJ to say "trust in the media is at an all-time low?"
I guess I'll have to do it.
No problem.

Trust in the media is at an all-time low.
Thanks, Capitalism!

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-14 09:30 AM | Reply