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The hijackers, Democrats and Republicans alike, have acted as if the idea that self-government depends on people being able to count on independent providers of information is a quaint relic and that the new media channels present new opportunities that creative political operatives must seize.
Steven Brill • The Death of Truth
Jia Tolentino on the Internet’s Endless Stage | Crooked Media
crooked.comThey’d been covering the radicals and the hippies so much that now his viewers couldn’t see past them. The gray areas had ceased to exist. And old Cronkite had two thoughts about this. First, anyone who thinks television can bring the nation together to have a real dialogue and begin to understand one another with empathy and compassion is sufferin
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social becomes a spectacle
Agalia Tan • 4 cards
Insofar, and so long as, American politics is treated by politicians, journalists, and news consumers as an entertainment product, consumed and discussed online, it will grow fandoms like any other entertainment product.
Max Read • Dark Brandon is fandom culture
number of new sources,