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Every event like this drives the national conversation and sentiment to the right.

There was a day and time that the government could control the press and keep this information from the public, but now, with the social media able to quickly spread the word, the effect is immediate and powerful.

9 posted on 05/19/2016 4:57:45 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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There was a day and time that the government could control the press and keep this information from the public, but now, with the social media able to quickly spread the word, the effect is immediate and powerful.

Which is why Merkel demanded of Zuckerberg that he have Facebook censor "anti-immigrant" comments.

20 posted on 05/19/2016 5:35:14 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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