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18 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Post-Trump news vacuum + Cruz being so personally unlikable could make this an incredible pile-on
p(Cruz says he went to Cancun to own the libs) and p(Cruz allies saying he's being cancelled) are disturbingly high. what a time to be alive.
Don't feed the trolls but this is almost performance art

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19 Feb
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18 Feb
New @BrightLineWatch report out today on American democracy at the start of the Biden presidency brightlinewatch.org/american-democ… Thread on our findings below...
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16 Feb
A huge amount of Twitter discourse is just cycles between accuracy and rhetorical goals:

A: [true statement]
B: That is not helpful

and

A: [message intended to be helpful]
B: That is not true
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12 Feb
New @ADL report w/new behavioral data: Exposure to Alternative & Extremist Content on YouTube adl.org/resources/repo…

-9% watched video(s) from extremist channel
-Viewership very concentrated
-95% of views from people high in racial resentment
-Still being recommended to users
Findings raise serious concerns. However, not clearly consistent with simple narratives re: algorithmic radicalization:
-Most viewers already high in racial resentment
-Most recs to alt/extremist channels shown on similar videos

More consistent with demand finding supply (alas)
Caveats:
-Sample not nationally representative
-We used codings of alternative and extremist channels from academic and subject matter experts
-YouTube has changed a lot; findings surely would have differed in the past
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4 Feb
MTG is abhorrent but there is real danger in the way she is being elevated by those would denounce her (me included) and in saturation coverage. This could be a moment in which a post-Trump precedent is created - or one in which the attention makes her a powerful national figure.
Saturation coverage of and endless attacks on an offensive, conspiracy-promoting, lib-owning, line-crossing populist already brought us one dangerous and unqualified president. We should be careful it doesn't bring us more.
In a world of extreme affective polarization and media distrust, negative news coverage + D attacks can easily rally Rs to Greene's side. We're already starting to see this e.g. in her fundraising. Critical for Rs like McConnell to continue to make clear objections are bipartisan
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3 Feb
Siri, what is false equivalence? politico.com/newsletters/pl…
Not even really an exaggeration
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