Andrew Marantz on Embedding with the "Deplorables"

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🗓️ 9 December 2019

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Andrew Marantz, a staff writer for the New Yorker, talks about his experience embedding with the so called "Deplorables," and how he got a rare insider's glimpse into the pundits, trolls, and provocateurs who drive the conversation on the alt-right. He recalls his strange relationship with a right wing media influencer who is able to manipulate America’s political conversation, spread conspiracy theories, and even put words in the mouth of President Trump. He also discusses how Silicon Valley’s laissez faire libertarianism opened the door hate-mongers and conspiracy theorists, how social media algorithms actually promote that type of content, and why he says it’s time for tech leaders to stop hiding behind the 1st Amendment. Plus Andrew describes how Reddit is now cracking down on hate speech, the bizarre story of the neo-nazi who is married to a jewish woman, and the pitiful demise of right wing gadfly Milo Yiannopoulos. Order Adam's book Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation on Amazon, Audible, or wherever books are sold. Read Andrew Marantz regularly in The New Yorker and follow him on twitter at @AndrewMarantz. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.9	Hi, I'm Ben Mathis. Welcome to Kickass News. For several years, Andrew Moran's
1:19.7	a staff writer for The New Yorker has been embedded in two worlds.
1:24.0	The first is the world of social media entrepreneurs, who acting out of Niavite and reckless ambition,
1:30.1	upended all traditional means of receiving and transmitting information.
1:34.6	The second is the world of the people he calls the gate crashers, the conspiracists, white
1:40.0	supremacists and nihilist trolls who have become experts at using social media to advance their
1:45.8	corrosive agenda. Now in his new book, Anti-Social, online extremists, techno-utopians,
1:52.8	and the hijacking of the American conversation, Andrew reveals how the boundaries between technology,
1:58.6	media and politics have been erased, resulting in a deeply broken informational landscape,
2:04.4	the landscape in which we all now live. The book ranges broadly from the first mass-printed
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