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“Using tax documents and business filings, ProPublica traced the papers to aChicago-based publishing network led by former TV reporter Brian Timpone. His enterprises, including Metric Media, are known among researchers for peddling misinformation and slanted coverage … Many dioceses publish newspapers, but they are not partisan. In distancing itself from the Michigan Catholic Tribune, the Archdiocese of Detroit noted that tax-exempt churches are not permitted under the Internal Revenue Code to be involved in partisan politics.” —
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2024 election,
Catholic Tribune,
Chicago,
Metric Media,
Michigan,
pink slime,
politics,
ProPublica,
religious media,
Wisconsin
