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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017

      Montana body-slamming is about many things, one key here is the decimation of local news as 90% of new ad $$ goes to Facebook or Google.

      10 replies 212 retweets 378 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      Local politicians have less scrutiny than ever—despite heroic efforts by some of what remains of local press. Rare national attention.

      1 reply 62 retweets 153 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      Without robust local press, corruption and impunity become normalized, and then trickles up. We glimpse when national attention goes there.

      5 replies 111 retweets 186 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      And there is no complex analysis needed here. Local news has been consolidated plus defunded because ad money goes to Facebook & Google.

      3 replies 41 retweets 113 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      So many remaining local papers/media are owned by a few ideological operators (mostly on the right ala Sinclair) and not much else is left.

      4 replies 37 retweets 102 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      No trick or complexity to this. Local news needs to be funded in a way that is compatible with operating with an ethos of accountability.

      1 reply 54 retweets 128 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      You can say a million things about initiatives etc. etc. regaining trust in news etc. but seriously. Local news needs to be funded. Funded.

      3 replies 47 retweets 121 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      So you have an altercation—with national attention—when a Guardian reporter goes to Montana because of special election.

      1 reply 15 retweets 43 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      Simple. Local news cannot survive on digital ad money; not enough scale. Without local news, you cannot check local impunity or corruption.

      2 replies 69 retweets 124 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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      And with normalization of corruption + vacuum of accountability, misinformation is easier to spread—also easier to monetize on FB & Google.

      1 reply 21 retweets 60 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017

      Yes, yes, it's all connected—no need for game theory😀. I am an academic and *love* complexity. This is so straightforward that it's painful.

      9:47 AM - 25 May 2017
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2017
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          Without local news, cannot keep check on what's going wrong. Without accountability, powerful lean towards corruption and impunity.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          6 replies 50 retweets 102 likes
        3. Ted Han ★ 韓聖安‏ @knowtheory 25 May 2017
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          Sidebar: National news orgs are also TERRIBLE at boosting/working w/ local news orgs. They usually just stomp them once a story goes viral

          2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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        1. alienghic@octodon.social‏ @alienghic 25 May 2017
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          well the complex part is how to reverse it...

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