How Twitter Became A Beacon For Fake News As Mass Entertainment And Booster Of Social Status | Forbes

Somehow, American democracy survived the partisan, sensational, filter bubble-oriented, fake news-filled news media of the 19th century. It will survive Twitter, Facebook, and “objective” news reporters and broadcasters. Unless, of course, a significant majority of Americans will come to believe that independent thinking is so 19th century and that the news media, not they, have the primary responsibility for ensuring they have “an accurate and politically balanced understanding of the news.”