alt right media

Dec

05

Engaged Reading Digest: Memes, cancel culture and baby Yoda

Memes aren't just juvenile fun - they're a potent weapon in the political armory, and we have to start taking them seriously.

Dec 5, 2019

3 min read

May

14

Right-wing activists are using Twitter's trans policies to silence their critics

The next wave of online tactics used by the alt-right are being deployed, right now, in the world of comics. How long before they hit the mainstream?

May 14, 2019

3 min read

Jul

24

Accusing a political figure of facilitating child rape does not violate Facebook's community standards

Facebook has community standards. They're just very, very low.

Jul 24, 2018

1 min read

Jun

20

Breitbart's difficult third act

Is Brietbart, the alt-right site that cheered Trump and succoured Milo, in trouble? A Newsweek profile explores how it’s

Jun 20, 2017

1 min read

May

10

One neglected media business model: snake oil

You may have heard of Infowars – it’s widely regarded to be a Trump-supporting purveyor of fake news, another hub

May 10, 2017

1 min read

Feb

08

Journalism is losing the culture war, because it's fighting last century's battles

When politicians can lie without consequence, our culture of fact-checking does little to stop them.

Feb 8, 2017

6 min read

Feb

02

Alt-right subreddits closed for doxing

Reddit has closed two major alt-right subreddits: Reddit today blocked two prominent alt-right subreddits over “the proliferation of personal and

Feb 2, 2017

1 min read

Nov

12

The Alt Right media embraced social media with a passion few others can match

John Herrman on the social media power and savvy of the alt-right media, in a piece for the New York

Nov 12, 2016

1 min read

Nov

09

The new, hyperpartisan media

This piece on hyperpartisan Facebook pages, from Buzzfeed, becomes even more compelling in the light of today’s news: Our

Nov 9, 2016

1 min read