The “Trump Internet” .... formerly known as The Truth
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Tweet: Abby Ohlheiser WaPo
Viral stories take time to develop, this creates challenges for actual reporters, and the pro-Trump Internet is good at pouncing in the gap. We know this. The Covington story has become a really sticky example of all of that at work
22 Jan 2019
https://twitter.com/abbyohlheiser/status/1087858128132231169
Tweet: Paul Farhi WaPo
How it all went down. A viral story spread. The mainstream media rushed to keep up. The Trump Internet pounced. Something by @abbyohlheiser n’ me.
22 Jan 2019
https://twitter.com/farhip/status/1087868083425947649