Sentences with phrase «alternative media ecosystem»

While better - known players such as the Koch brothers on the right and George Soros on the left focus on mobilizing activists and voters, the Mercers have exerted pressure on the political system by helping erect an alternative media ecosystem, whose storylines dominated the 2016 race.

Front and center during the two - day gathering were New York hedge fund executive Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah Mercer, Republican mega-donors who with their former political adviser Stephen K. Bannon helped finance an alternative media ecosystem that amplified Trump's populist themes during last year's campaign.»

Data journalism expert Jonathan Albright has also spent some time mapping the right - wing alternative media ecosystem, including the connections between fringe sites that were the largest channels for «fake news» reports during the election.

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What the media has to do now, the authors argue, is not try to fight this alternative ecosystem with better viral content or clickbait, but to «recognize that it is operating in a propaganda and disinformation - rich environment.»

The liberal media ecosystem has liberal - produced news for a general audience (ABC, NBC, CBS) and an alternative (MSNBC) for liberals who want their news to make them feel good about choosing Team Blue.

But fortunately for us, the internet and citizen activism give campaigns access to an entire ecosystem of alternative media to get their messages out.