June 17, 2018

Trump, Fox News, and Twitter have created a dangerous conspiracy theory loop

https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/6/17433876/trump-spygate-fox-twitter
"Since the president watches Fox, this risks generating a profoundly vicious cycle. Fox picks up on some random internet rumor, the president picks it up from Fox, and then Fox and other right-wing outlets leap to defend what the president tweeted, which only reinforces Trump’s sense that he’s right."