#Let’s dump Trump’s accomplices: social media and cable news

#Let’s dump Trump’s accomplices: social media and cable news

“#Let’s dump Trump’s accomplices: social media and cable news” Andrew MacDougall: They aren’t gateways to serious news consumption; they’re pathways to polarization and misinformation. We can choose to stop watching. Andrew MacDougall is a director at Trafalgar Strategy, and a former Head of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper Now that Donald Trump has been…

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#’Gleefreshing’ is the new doomscrolling

#’Gleefreshing’ is the new doomscrolling

“#’Gleefreshing’ is the new doomscrolling” Image: Tim Robberts / Getty Images For eight months now, so many of us have been doomscrolling into the deep.  Doomscrolling is mindlessly thumbing through social media — probably Twitter — absorbing all of the horrible news about circumstances you can’t control. Usually, the act has been associated with the…

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