Meta Pays Fox News, CNN, and That Guy Who Wrote Headlines to Train Its AI to Lie Less

KEY POINTS

•On October 16, 2025, Meta announced multiyear commercial AI data agreements with multiple news publishers worldwide.
•The deals include conservative outlets Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, and French paper Le Monde, among others.
•Meta integrates the AI chatbot into Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, linking users to real-time verified news articles.

On October 16, 2025, Meta proved it can add 'news partner' to its resume by signing multiyear data deals with a Holy Trinity of headlines: USA Today, People Inc., CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, and even Le Monde for that French flair. Years after ghosting news companies like a bad Tinder date, Meta is back to slinging money—maybe it finally realized AI chatbots can’t just hallucinate fake facts forever. These deals extend the 2024 Reuters contract saga, letting Meta’s chatbot serenade users on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger with real-time links to the source, including conservative favorites that once accused Meta of censoring them. Meanwhile, Facebook kills its US News Tab, because why read when you can watch 14-minute cat videos?

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Meta finally paying for news in 2025 is like your ex texting you back because they need something—but hey, AI chatbots deserve real journalism once in a while.

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