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  • Former Hillary Clinton Press Secretary: Campaign Was Caught Blindsided by 'Breitbart Effect'

    03/30/2017 12:12:29 PM PDT · by drewh · 71 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 3.30. 17 ast | Bryan Logan
    Hillary Clinton's former press secretary admitted Wednesday that the campaign was caught off guard by what he called the "Breitbart effect" during the 2016 election. Fallon made the comments during an appearance at Yale University on Wednesday. Fallon spoke of the organized, pro-Trump counter-narratives that seemed to dominate the news cycle, which often ended up putting the Clinton campaign on the defensive. Fallon said the so-called Breitbart effect cultivated a "standalone ecosystem in conservative media that very aggressively and successfully promoted certain stories and narratives we had a blind-spot for during the campaign.” Indeed, as the election stretched on and...