Anti-Hillary, basically https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-global-hub-for-pro-trump-misinfo …? @zeynep
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yes I read that it's not really quantitative.
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I have to think echeinwald's unhinged Russian conspiracies were also pretty impactful
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Eichenwald's fake news just reinforced a Dem bubble, in which any failures were caused by someone else. Esp now.
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"failures were caused by someone else"... You mean like fake news?
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I think fake news was a huge part of it. https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/11/14/blame-media-movement/ …
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No, nor will there be until people understand media diet of Trump supporters.
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the fake news narrative being echoed is exceedingly self-serving & needs a bit more actual research.Tho like I said its possible
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One thing I will say: flesh & blood Trump trolls in my thread echoed fake news. It did affect beliefs.
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But I also think that stories like this reflect biases abt how people get news. http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/15/13564522/trump-muslim-ban-front-pages …
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