NMA Condemns Fake News Sites Which Exploit Real Journalism The News Media Association has said that fake news websites which scrape and republish content from real journalistic outlets to gain advertising revenue pose a direct threat to journalism and should be stopped. Several examples of fake news websites targeting genuine local news websites in a systematic way by scraping and republishing content have surfaced in recent months. KentOnline reported today how the Kent Chronicle website lifted stories in their entirety from other professional news-gathering organisations, including KentOnline, and attributed to “reporters” either faked or based on genuine journalists whose pictures could be found online.