Echo chamber election: How viral can hate go in US presidential race?

François PICARD | Rebecca GNIGNATI | Alessandro XENOS | Kethevane GORJESTANI | Craig TUFTY | James KIRCHICK | Michael FERTIK

Edité par France 24 - 2024

We ask what is fuelling the burning of ballot boxes and threats against poll workers.

It's certainly about opposing interests and values, but in a digital age on steroids, is it also about the way that frenzied punchlines are marketed and pushed to rival communities and tribes on our smartphones?

On that score, we ask why so many of the masters of today's mass media are all too happy to allow hate to spread on their platforms and buy into Donald Trump's infamous 2017 line, after a far-right rally turned deadly, that there are "very fine people on both sides". 

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Ilayda Habip. 

Note
  • Eight years ago, the mood on the campaign trail was so toxic that US First Lady Michelle Obama told voters "when they go low, we go high." In 2024, with a campaign that's too close to call, it feels even darker. To borrow the title of a famous book about the 1972 election, there is plenty of fear and loathing on the campaign trail in the homestretch of a tight US presidential race marred by character assassinations and racist tropes.

Langue
anglais
Date de publication
30/10/2024
Collection
The Debate
Contributeurs
Kethevane GORJESTANI FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor; Former Washington correspondent
Craig TUFTY Republican pollster
James KIRCHICK Contributing Opinion Writer, The New York Times
Michael FERTIK Venture Capitalist, Founder of Heroic Ventures

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