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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vUFzJDrI6Kk/weaponized-confirmation-bias.html
Breitbart was a unique driver of hyper-partisan, trumpist news that shifted the 2016 election
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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