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THINGS HIDDEN 49: Darryl Cooper on How Martyrs and Monsters Are Made

David Gornoski

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Is Twitter a Human Sacrifice Machine?

CNN's John Berman says social media has changed the way people interact with each other. Twitter is a "human sacrifice temple," he says, built to gin up a mob against targets and destroy them. The rise of social media also means that foreign policy can be more personal than it once was, according to Berman.

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