Harris Ads Blur Line Between Campaign and News Content

Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign is misrepresenting the content of news articles in Google search results as part of a new advertising effort, falsely implying the news outlets have issued direct advocacy for her candidacy, an AllSides investigation found.

Some of the Google ads display pro-Harris slogans while linking to articles mostly from news sources AllSides rates as Lean Left, such as AP, PBS, and CNN and some Center-rated sources such as Reuters.

In many cases, the original headlines and summaries appearing in the Google search results have been altered to appear more supportive of Harris than they actually are. And in some cases, the ad doesn't denote who the sponsor was.