White noise: why hatred of Donald Trump fuels his success as much as his supporters’ love | Ed Coper
A network of organised disinformation sows doubt, kills policy reform and keep us at odds as we debate Trump-mania
Historians will long scratch their heads that a Republican candidate who – despite an inability to string a coherent sentence together, being grossly underqualified and rife with extramarital affairs – would go on to not only win election but become one of the most popular presidents in US history.
The first candidate to grasp how to use “new media” in a presidential campaign effectively and who – rather than getting to work in Washington after the election, as expected, immediately took off on vacation to play golf.
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