Social Media Chickens Come to Roost

If you wonder why the Russians try to destabilize us through social media and why Twitter tries to deal with Trump, it’s because ever present social media makes the extraordinary seem representative, it makes the remote ubiquitous

Perfect example. This CONCLUSION is NOT TRUE but that is the impression you would get in social media

https://twitter.com/jessicavalenti/status/1266930790035832832?s=21

There are many dozens of protests and many, many examples of police de-escalating and dome actually on social media BUT the negative is bounced all over

Just yesterday DOWD wrote an op-Ed about this: the “monetization of hate,” meaning social media and 24 hour news PROFITING from division.

This is a great example