# Stewartville Star - AI online news site?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewartville-star-ai-online-news-site/1019315>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 8, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewartville-star-ai-online-news-site/1019315 "2025-06-08T00:00:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewartville-star-ai-online-news-site/1019315/1 "2025-06-08T00:00:52Z")

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> **[Stewartville Star](https://thinkstewartville.com/)**

Looks like it was a legit local newspaper, started in 1891. They were online until 2022.

> **[Local News - Think Stewartville - Stewartville, MN and surrounding area](https://thinkstewartville.com/main.asp?SectionID=7)**

> **[Obituaries - Think Stewartville - Stewartville, MN and surrounding area](https://thinkstewartville.com/main.asp?SectionID=9)**

They only have three authors of their articles that do not cite or link any other news providers. No articles about Stewartville, MN and articles are fairly random.

ETA: Found site through link from Google News

Second ETA: Mods please move if in wrong forum.

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewartville-star-ai-online-news-site/1019315/2 "2025-06-08T02:19:07Z")

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It’s only a matter of time. The _Washington Post_ is already reportedly planning to use an ‘AI coach’ to buff up conservative op-eds gleaned from outside contributors [“creating an offering outside the paywall that will include content from partner news organizations and Substack”](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/washington-post-ai-opinion/683064/) . How long before they start using generative AI to gin up straight news articles as not only a cost saving measure but put in place those uppity journalists who think their job is to report factual information even if editorial direction says otherwise?

Stranger