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Bill Fox explains how social media and online journalism have completely transformed the way we do politics

by Edie Jenkins

Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth is a lengthy meditation on what has become of political discourse in the 21st century, when the news media of yesteryear – eaten away by changing circumstances – are denigrated as yesterday’s gatekeepers , when the one thing the social media shoutouts won’t tolerate is a caretaker.

Then-US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured on June 8, 2018, at the G7 meeting in Quebec City. Twitter has taken a central place in the political theater, becoming in the space of a few years, the main stage on which the backlash of partisan duels is played out.

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