Brace yourself for campaign worthy of Orwell’s 1984
McKay Coppings, The Atlantic, March 2020, writes that the Trump campaign intends to deal a death blow to fact-based journalism in the 2020 election. During the impeachment hearings, the Trump camp effectively flooded the social media with clips and videos that recast damning testimony into exoneration. Rather than shut down the opposition, autocrats are using the social media to drown out dissent. “Every presidential campaign sees its share of spin and misdirection,” writes Coppings, “but