A local radio station in North Dakota says it’s considering legal action after Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign altered its headlines in campaign ads to make it look as if the news outlet backed her candidacy.

“They lied to every single person who saw that ad,” said Steve Hallstrom, president and managing partner of Fieldstone Consulting Group, which operates WDAY Radio in Fargo, North Dakota.

“We have reached out to the Harris campaign and demanded they terminate this ad immediately and we are considering all options here including legal action,” he said. “This is not right and they should not be allowed to get away with this and tarnish our reputation — whether it’s a family-owned North Dakota company like us or a major national news organization.”

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The Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

The lawsuit threat stems from Ms. Harris’ campaign team quietly editing news headlines in Google search to deceive voters into thinking major media outlets were providing more positive coverage of the vice president. Campaign staff altered the headlines which were paired with a “Paid for by Harris for President banner” and posted as advertisements on Google.

In the case of WDAY, the Harris campaign took two headlines about Ms. Harris selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, blended them, rewrote the headlines to be more favorable to the campaign and posted them on Google ads.

The stories, “Harris Picks Tim Walz” and “Minnesota tax child tax credit benefits 215,000 Minnesota Families,” were mashed together and reposted as an ad with different headlines, including “Harris Picks Tim Walz — 215,000 MN Families Win,” according to data from Google’s Ads Transparency Center.

The ads were linked to the WDAY stories.

“We feel insulted and violated by what was done here,” Mr. Hallstrom said. “A political campaign used our news brand and our URL to lie to people about the headline we wrote. We never wrote anything close to what is alleged here.”