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Excerpt from How Democracies Die, by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.

#BigTech #SocialMedia #USPol #Trump #Journalism #LeaveX #HateSpeech

"a candidate with qualities uniquely tailored to the digital age," Trump attracted free mainstream coverage by creating controversy. By one estimate, the Twitter accounts of MSNBC, CNN, CBS, and NBC—four outlets that no one could accuse of pro-Trump leanings—mentioned Trump twice as often as his general election rival, Hillary Clinton. According to another study, Trump enjoyed up to $2 billion in free media coverage during the primary season.
#uspol #journalism #trump #socialmedia #bigtech #leavex #hatespeech

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