Talking of trolling, the New Yorker published an interesting piece by Adrian Chen, looking at what happened when a pro-Trump Reddit-dwelling troll was suddenly brought into the glare of publicity when his Gif went viral — and his true identity was…
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From nihilistic lulz to the White House: 4chan and Trump's electing coalition
Dale Beran has written a fascinating and compelling long read, drawing a direct line from 4chan springing to life from Something Awful’s forums, to the rise of Trump. And the bridging factor? Milo. He took the GamerGate movement and…
Trump administration cosies up to client media
Ah, Media Twitter is all aflutter with this news from the New York Times: The Gateway Pundit, a provocative conservative blog, gained notice last year for its fervent pro-Trump coverage and its penchant for promoting false rumors about voter fraud…
Journalism is losing the culture war, because it's fighting last century's battles
The Guardian’s SnowCuck-General* Martin Belam has hit the nail on the head with some of the problems inherent to the current fact-checking culture in response to a political movement prepared to flat-out lie to us: […] I’m reminded of…
Calling a lie a lie - if you're a journalist
Here’s an interesting take on an issue that seems to be gripping American journalists right now: In a nutshell, a statement can fairly be called a lie if there is abundant evidence to the contrary that a speaker should…
Trump's tweets, analysed
This is a fascinating analysis of the way Donald Trump uses Twitter: The key message? Trump seems to instinctively understand what so many miss: you talk on social media, not write. [via Daring Fireball]…
Trump: from sideshow to president
Huffington Post, July 2015: After watching and listening to Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy for president, we have decided we won’t report on Trump’s campaign as part of The Huffington Post’s political coverage. Instead, we…