Monday, May 07, 2018

DIVIDED AMERICA - Roll of Anger on Social Media

"Online anger is gold to this junk-news pioneer" PBS NewsHour 5/2/2018

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Meet one of the Internet's most prolific distributors of hyper-partisan fare.  From California, Cyrus Massoumi caters to both liberals and conservatives, serving up political grist through various Facebook pages.  Science correspondent Miles O'Brien profiles a leading purveyor of junk news who has hit the jackpot exploiting the trend toward tribalism.

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