re: #69 dangerman

When “trending on Twitter” became a regular news item, I began to fear for the future of the Republic.

you remind us of this a lot
i upding every time

Well, people like Matt Drudge and Breitbart figured out that all they had to do was float a story long enough on social media and it would develop a life of its own, get picked up by the mainstream media and discussed as it it had any inherent merit.