Gaming Google News
Turns out that it’s surprisingly easy to game:
It appears that news sites deemed legitimate by Google News are being modified by third parties. These sites are then exploited to redirect to the spam content. It appears that the compromised sites are examining the referrer and redirecting visitors coming from Google News.
k15 • June 16, 2017 12:05 PM
They don’t provide a “flag this” link next to the story, which might help.