Social media gives a platform to hate and lies that newspapers didn’t

The growing dominance of Facebook and Twitter over daily newspapers is putting democracy in a vice.

Social media giants Twitter and Facebook testified before the U.S. Congress last week about Russian-linked accounts that had been used to spread controversy and misinformation during the 2016 U.S. election. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay.

Opinion

BY WARREN KINSELLA

October 2, 2017

TORONTO—With few exceptions, newspapers aren’t very politically relevant any more. Oh, sure, the Toronto Star uncovered the fact that Mayor Rob Ford was using crack. And, yes, The New York Times and The Washington Post have done exemplary work exposing ...

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