It's a new paradigm, so quit blaming the old media for the horse race thing?

By artappraiser on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 8:49pm |

After all, who better than a Buzz Feed guy to recognize genuine unadulterated buzz when he sees it?

"Spare a thought for the possibility that, as you judge the media’s coverage of the Democratic Primary, that we have a lot less to do with the outcome than we used to. The power that we used to wield has been handed over to the fandoms." By @BuzzFeedBen. https://t.co/oGWGlTgt0Z
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 29, 2019

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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bensmith/fandoms-2020-primary-bernie-buttigieg

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Um, but it's looking like the P.R. people aren't obsolete just yet:

'I want him on everything': Meet the woman behind the Buttigieg media frenzy

How hard-charging New York operative Lis Smith helped turn an obscure Indiana mayor into a national name.

@ Politico Magazine, April 29

by artappraiser on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 7:08pm

1/4 of Youtube hits on the Mueller Report went to some Truther-like guy, thanks to Google's algorithms. So yeah, the press effect is diluted, and the populace gets fed loony tunes sites for their fake news diet.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 7:52pm

It's a new paradigm, so quit blaming the old media for the horse race thing?

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