
353 "Destroying Democracy, One Tweet At A Time"
The Fifth Column
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Why Isn't the American Newspaper a Good Idea?
i want to talk about social media and its role in altering the populace. John hight was the author of this piece, and we messaged with him, so it's very likely we'll have him on the podcast to discuss with us pretty soon. i think if i had to break it into parts here, it's he's making an argument that social media is a dictive by design. It makes the angry, nasty responses valuable. The lowest stuff becomes the the most important thing in the debate. There's a bunch of evidence that he marshals. He magod di mention this a couple of times. I don't suggest we have a long conversation about this now, but i
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