The Trump Campaign's Pathological Reality Gambit

A hardcore Trump base is being convinced to only get its news and entertainment from one place—and it's neither Fox News nor Breitbart

Look, we’re all aware we live in filter bubbles and we all know it’s a huge problem.

But it’s important to understand this: some people know how to weaponize pathological reality far more effectively than others. It is often the case that those on the side of facts, research, and expertise have a great deal of difficulty competing with paranoid conspirac…