A news anchor put out some outright hateful content. It should be called out, just not in a way that amplifies it. This is complex and by no means a binary, but here’s what seems to be happening-the act of calling it out is driving high interaction too 1/
Img 1 is for the hashtag he used.Apart from his cluster, the other 2 sizeable ones are around tweets calling him out.
Img 2 is for the tweet URL. Many Quote Tweets calling him out have contributed to its spread on twitter. Interactions are rewarded by platforms. We know this 2/
Note, I have deliberately refrained from naming/tagging in text because.. amplification.
This is generated using hoaxy, so it is indicative at best-not exact. Ultimately, this is too complex to capture in a few tweets, but I wanted to stress this part about amplification. 3/3
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