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by ergl 2163 days ago
>is being used as primary source for current events

Is it though? According to Pew, only 20% of US adults use Twitter: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-...

In comparison, Fox news is used as a source by 40% of the US population: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/08/five-facts-...

The share is bigger for Facebook, though (69%)

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This is a catastrophic failure in education and in US democracy.