{"id":431737,"date":"2026-08-13T12:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431737\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:44:25","slug":"fresno-gets-a-new-questionably-reliable-news-source-cbs47-and-ksee24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431737\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno gets a new \u2018questionably reliable news source\u2019 | CBS47 and KSEE24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KSEE\/KGPE<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0Fresno news stations may have some new competition.<\/p>\n<p>An online publication called \u201cThe Fresno Fig\u201d came to life this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Their stories date back to July and cover much of the same beats we do. Recently, they covered the <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnofig.com\/fresno-arts-council-relieved-to-learn-missing-1-8-million-was-apparently-four-year-experimental-performance-piece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fresno Arts Council embezzlement<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnofig.com\/fresno-state-opens-first-major-new-student-housing-in-50-years-immediately-begins-planning-next-one-for-2076\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fresno State\u2019s first new dorms in 50 years<\/a>, both of which we, too, have written. <\/p>\n<p>However, there is an important twist. <\/p>\n<p>Their articles are satirical. <\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/news\/local-news\/dusk-to-don-merced-petition\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tNew late-night ramen shop in Merced could open if you sign this petition\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cThe Onion,\u201d<\/a> the Fresno Fig\u2019s stories contain fictional events, invented quotations, and exaggerated claims for entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The authors of the articles are not named, but it appears all their photographers are AI.<\/p>\n<p>Those who would like to read \u201cFresno\u2019s Most Questionably Reliable News Source\u201d can <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnofig.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">find them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE\/KGPE) \u2013\u00a0Fresno news stations may have some new competition. An online publication called \u201cThe Fresno Fig\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-431737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}