How Trump was able to attack democracy - and pick up 70m votes
US conservative outlets have a staggering reach on Facebook - and it's a powerful pull for some voters, writes Peter Geoghegan
PATRIOTS’ GAME: QAnon believer Jake A, aka Yellowstone Wolf, from Phoenix, addresses supporters of US president Donald Trump as they protest outside the Maricopa County Election Department last week. Photo: OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images
Peter Geoghegan
In late August, roughly five weeks before Americans went to the polls, a story appeared in The New York Times reporting new data about the reach of fringe US conservative outlets on Facebook. The numbers were staggering.
Latest Comment
Paul Waldman: What is behind Mike Pence’s doomed White House run?
-
John Downing: We can no longer rely on our smallness or remoteness to get by in a changed world
-
Frank Coughlan: Paul Simon, the great troubadour who doesn’t know when to quit, has gifted us another masterpiece
-
Jane Schilling: Headphones in the office? That’s one way to lose friends and alienate people
-
Karla Adam: Prince Harry won’t be able to control the narrative under scrutiny in the witness box
-
David Furnish: Bigotry is festering so Pride is now more important than ever
-
Catherine Conlon: If Leo Varadkar was a frog slowly boiling in a pot of water, he might want to take action – we need the same rapid move on climate change
-
Lorraine Courtney: We need to embrace motherhood and end this culture of fear around having children
-
Fionnán Sheahan: Asserting your core values is grand but Varadkar can’t afford a bad local election
-
John Daly: The message of ‘Saoirse?’ showed the futility of war
Top Stories
Open relationships: ‘Adam’s kink was me being with other men, it seemed to ignite his passion’
Video shows crowds gathering as teenage girls brawl at popular pier
BREAKING | Kinahan cartel gang boss Liam Byrne refusing extradition to UK to face trial
Man jailed for assaulting teen girls at bus stop and in hospital bed insists he is ‘no danger’ after walking free
Latest NewsMore
Who is Liam Byrne?
One in 12 cancers in Ireland went undetected during first two years of pandemic, say experts
Record 135,033 students start Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle exams
Haim reveal no one wanted to sign them as an all-female rock band
Joe Wicks makes specialised workout video for people with Parkinson’s
Play to be recognised for 50 years of ‘outstanding’ influence on theatre
Turner sunrise watercolour expected to fetch more than £600,000 at auction
Compston tells of ‘horrors’ of child labour after Unicef visit to Bangladesh
Leaving Cert 2023 diary: ‘Squeaky bum time here we come. It has all been for this and soon it will be over. On your marks, get set, write’
Ukrainian pupil to buy home for his mother after selling Minecraft server
