Dallas Express (established 2021)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Monty Bennett |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Website | Official website |
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The Dallas Express is a regional news website based in Dallas, Texas, and published by hotel executive Monty Bennett.[1] Journalists and researchers have reported that the Dallas Express is a part of or closely tied to a network of right-wing "pink slime" news websites.[2][1]
History[edit]
In early 2021, the Dallas Express was operated by the Metric Media Network,[2] which owns hundreds of other news sites in the United States.[3] Metric Media Network was a subject of a 2021 Columbia Journalism Review report on "pink slime" networks: "partisan outlets masquerading as local news organizations".[3]
In February 2021, Monty Bennett, a Dallas hotel executive, re-launched the Dallas Express.[1] In October 2020, Bennett had been named in a New York Times article which alleged he ordered a network of pink-slime news outlets operated by Brian Timpone, the operator of Metric Media, to disseminate multiple articles about topics ranging from COVID-19 stimulus legislation to US–China policy.[4][5] After the controversy around Bennett's companies' receipt of COVID-19 loans, Bennett allegedly directed the network to run positive articles about himself, and negative articles about creditors to whom his businesses owed debts.[5][6] Timpone sent a cease and desist letter to the New York Times, demanding they not publish their discoveries about Bennett's alleged placement of articles in the Dallas Express.[5] Bennett also asserted via his lawyer to D Magazine, who had referred to the New York Times investigation in an article published that same month, that he had never paid for stories to be published by Metric Media.[7] In June 2021, D Magazine reported that Bennett had "decided to ditch the middleman" by taking over publishing the Dallas Express.[4]
The contemporary Dallas Express is a distinct entity from the Dallas Express that operated from 1892 to 1970, which was a progressive Black-owned newspaper.[2][1][8]
Content[edit]
On Bennett's February re-launch of the new Dallas Express, he wrote in a note to readers that the publication "was created for one purpose; to help make our city a better place. That's it. It's a nonprofit operation and there's no other agenda."[8] The newspaper's content has been described by outside journalists as right-wing or right-leaning.[1][4] The Dallas Express has been reported to be part of, or to use the same technology and writers as, a network of right-wing "pink slime" websites by D Magazine and the Columbia Journalism Review.[2][6] Pink-slime journalism is a practice in which websites disguise themselves as local news, but actually use automation to generate news stories that promote partisan agendas.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Monacelli, Steven (February 12, 2021). "Formerly Black Owned Dallas Express Resurrected As Right Wing Propaganda Site". Dallas Weekly. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Rogers, Tim (January 13, 2021). "Dallas Express, Historic Black-Owned Newspaper, Has Become Dubious News Site". D Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved November 12, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bengani, Priyanjana (December 18, 2019). "Hundreds of 'pink slime' local news outlets are distributing algorithmic stories and conservative talking points". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 2019-12-18. Retrieved November 12, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Simek, Peter (June 2021). "The Real Story Behind the Dallas Express". D Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved November 12, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Alba, Davey; Nicas, Jack (October 18, 2020). "As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bengani, Priyanjana (October 14, 2021). "Advocacy groups and Metric Media collaborate on local 'community news'". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Rogers, Tim (May 28, 2021). "An Editor's Note About Monty Bennett". D Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-05-28. Retrieved December 29, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Rogers, Tim (February 24, 2021). "Monty Bennett and 'Dallas Express' Appear to Have Major Conflict of Interest". D Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved November 12, 2021. Unknown parameter
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