Saturday, March 10, 2018

Bipmodo.com

Come on, Bipmodo.com, who are you trying to fool?

Your article from March 6, 2018, is titled: "Yes, this is real: Michigan just banned banning plastic bags"

An article in the Washington Post from December 30, 2016, is titled: "Yes, this is real: Michigan just banned banning plastic bags"

Your opening:
A new law in Michigan will prohibit local governments from banning, regulating or imposing fees on the use of plastic bags and other containers. You read that correctly: It’s not a ban on plastic bags — it’s a ban on banning plastic bags.
The opening from the Washington Post:
A new law in Michigan will prohibit local governments from banning, regulating or imposing fees on the use of plastic bags and other containers. You read that correctly: It’s not a ban on plastic bags — it’s a ban on banning plastic bags.  
Your using somebody else's content, and your site has AdSense ads?  That's just sketchy.

(Incidentally, this article was submitted in the /r/LateStageCapitalism subreddit, where it received over 16,000 upvotes:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/82ez8y/yes_this_is_real_michigan_just_banned_banning)

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