Article 2EXF9 Breitbart was a unique driver of hyper-partisan, trumpist news that shifted the 2016 election

Breitbart was a unique driver of hyper-partisan, trumpist news that shifted the 2016 election

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Cory Doctorow
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A team of esteemed scholars including Yochai "Wealth of Networks" Benkler and Ethan Zuckerman (co-founder of Global Voices) analyzed 1.25 million media stories published between April 1, 2015 and election day, finding "a right-wing media network anchored around Breitbart developed as a distinct and insulated media system, using social media as a backbone to transmit a hyper-partisan perspective to the world." (more")

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