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10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump

  • Written by Damian Radcliffe, Caroline S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Three weeks after Donald Trump won a historic victory to become the 45th president of the United States, the media postmortems continue.

In particular, the role played by the media and technology industries is coming under heavy scrutiny in the press, with Facebook’s role in the rise of fake newscurrently enjoying...

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