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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

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Jesse Damiani
Jun 17, 2020
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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…

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