How the Far-Right Media Spin Trump Chaos

On the Media | May 19, 2017

Stories of Trump spilling classified information and trying to influence the former FBI director has dominated news around the world -- except in those places where it could not penetrate. On 4chan, Fox News, InfoWars, and right-wing radio, it was as if the scoops didn't matter or even exist.

Charlie Warzel, senior technology writer for Buzzfeed News, monitored the alternate reality of the week’s news in the pro-Trump media. He and Bob discuss the flurry of distractions and counter-narratives, including the now-debunked conspiracy theory behind the unsolved murder of a DNC staffer last summer.

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