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Matrix used utility funds to secretly finance six local news sites
“The floodlight team found direct financial links between six local news outlets, Matrix, FPNL, and Alabama Power. Matrix used utility money to fund political websites with names like Alabama Today, Florida Politics, and The Capitalist, and buy favorable covera…”
Alabama Power had not held a rate hearing in 30 years
“Alabama Power had not had to have a rate hearing in 30 years, three decades, and Terry Dunn said, that's something I want to look into.”
Matrix-Backed News Sites Rewrote Alabama Power PR Without Disclosure
“A lot of them were actually pulling direct stories from Alabama Power has its own PR website, and they were basically pulling directly from their PR press releases and rewriting them into stories without saying that they were.”
Alabama Power earns top utility profits while residents pay high bills
“Alabama Power has It's had some of the highest earnings out of any utility company in the country year after year, specifically in the last couple of years. And people in the state of Alabama are paying some of the highest utility bills.”