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How TV cultivates authoritarianism – and helped elect Trump

  • Written by James Shanahan, Dean of the Media School, Indiana University

Many gallons of ink (and megabytes of electronic text) have been devoted to explaining the surprise victory of Donald Trump.

Reasons range from white working-class resentment, to FBI Director James Comey’s decision to reopen the Hillary Clinton email investigation, to low turnout. All likely played some role. It would be a mistake to think...

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