Pattern Matching

Facebook Is the ‘Mainstream Media’ Now

The election proved that social platforms are the new gatekeepers

Will Oremus
OneZero
Published in
8 min readNov 7, 2020

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For half a decade, debates have simmered as to how the news media should cover Donald Trump’s candidacy and presidency. Recall the Huffington Post consigning his GOP primary campaign to its entertainment section in 2015; the New York

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