‘It’s all about trolling’: how far-right influencers are shaping Republican narrative

[basquebromance]

from Ann Coulter to Jack Posobiec, these influencers are shaping the debate in America!

‘It’s all about trolling’: how far-right influencers are shaping Republican narrative

With the old media order losing ground, a new cadre of extreme voices has emerged, precipitating a GOP shift to Maga populism

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Since the Guardian is a communist rag, what they are calling "far right" is skewed from the get-go.

They refer to populism as far right despite the fact that by very definition, populism appeals to ordinary people rather than people at the extreme fringe.

 

[August West]

Those that have been watching FOX news for a couple of decades should be suing them for reparations. Being lied to for a couple decades has made them dumber than they already were.

 

[basquebromance]

We Could Have Used Twitter Trolls in the Run-Up to the Iraq War

In the 2002–3 run-up to war, mainstream media outlets systematically suppressed evidence that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. They couldn’t have gotten away with it in the age of Twitter.

jacobin.com