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Most people don't actually get their news from social media. The people who do spend an inordinate amount of focus social media, and who've gone lurching off i
by wbillingsley 11y ago
Most people don't actually get their news from social media.
The people who do spend an inordinate amount of focus social media, and who've gone lurching off into a little bubble, are the journalists. They've spent the last year being shocked that the public keeps disagreeing with them and their circle of friends. Surely tomorrow the public will see how stupid it is to vote for that nasty Mr Trump that Twitter keeps condemning and that Mr Rubio is the only nice shiny acceptable candidate. No? Oh well, next week then. Still not, goodness why can't these people get with the Twitter vibe. Surely next month then...
Sanders and Trump are quite different. Sanders has picked up votes from the social bubble moving leftwards into his territory. Trump has picked up votes from the people outside the bubble staring in incredulity as the bubble gets more inward looking and spends more and more of its time raging about what candidates can and cannot say. (Which is why every controversy helps Trump -- he's essentially made rebellion against that his campaign... the candidate who will not be cowed)