joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention">@<span>kim_harding</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConservativeParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConservativeParty</span></a> ’s campaign tactics have been branded “appalling” by one of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Britain</span></a> ’s most renowned photojournalists after imitating, for the purpose of garnering votes, a shuttered local newspaper, the " <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LincolnChronicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LincolnChronicle</span></a> ", that was closed 15 years ago.</p><p><a href="https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/16/conservatives-caught-publishing-fake-newspapers-again-as-party-mimics-defunct-local-outlet/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bylinetimes.com/2023/08/16/con</span><span class="invisible">servatives-caught-publishing-fake-newspapers-again-as-party-mimics-defunct-local-outlet/</span></a></p>