Oct 10, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture
Published: Salon (October 10, 2016)
The second presidential debate between Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump wasn’t just thoroughly unpleasant to watch. It was one of the ugliest political moments in recent memory.
We knew things were going to get nasty when Trump held a pre-debate press conference flanked by three women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct (Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones).... Read Original Article
Oct 5, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture, mic
Published: Salon (October 5, 2016)
Toward the end of the otherwise boring debate between Republican Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana and Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, as Kaine was speaking about things that Donald Trump has said during his candidacy, Pence interrupted him, saying out loud, “Senator, you whipped out that Mexican thing again.”
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Sep 27, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture, mic
Published: Salon (September 27, 2016)
Monday night’s presidential debate between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was almost certainly a smashing success in terms of TV ratings. If the social-media response is any indication, both candidates had more than their fair share of memorable moments.
Let’s go to the Twitter roundup!... Read Original Article
Sep 22, 2016 | Civil Liberties, Conservativism, Extremism, Internet Culture, Political Ideologies
Published: Salon (September 22, 2016)
Breitbart columnist Milo Yiannopoulos is perhaps the most famous troll in the world right now, in large part because he was banned from Twitter last month and because the head of Breitbart News is now the CEO of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. This, of course, makes it all the more disappointing that Yiannopoulos repeatedly flaked on me when I tried to interview him for this article.
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Sep 12, 2016 | Conservativism, Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, Internet Culture, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Daily Dot (September 7, 2016)
When Hillary Clinton pointed out the connection between Donald Trump and the alt-right, she wasn’t talking about an ordinary political movement.
As the Daily Dot’s Amrita Khalid notes, the alt-right is a “younger, ballsier rejection of the GOP establishment and political correctness as a whole—think the Tea Party meets Pepe the Frog.”... Read Original Article
Aug 16, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Internet Culture, mic
Published: The Daily Dot (August 16, 2016)
It’s a strange feeling, having written one of the few positive articles about Suicide Squad.
If the Internet community can learn anything from “Suicide Squad,” it is that online culture breeds a specific kind of overly-informed and excessively quantifying approach to the art of criticism.... Read Original Article
