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How the media encourages – and sustains – political warfare

  • Written by Kyle Jensen, Associate Professor of English, University of North Texas
The quiet consumption of news can sustain a polarized political environment.Lightspring

Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has been waging war against the American press by dismissing unfavorable reports as “fake news” and calling the media “the enemy of the American people.”

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