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Originally Posted by jayswin
It may be silly on part, but I honestly wonder how much the success of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart combined and the shows that tried to replicate it, along with Bill Maher have had an effect on getting to this point?
Imo, these shows, especially the Daily Show, created (or heightened) a bit of a culture amongst American liberals and casual political followers of "beating down" anything/anyone that is perceived to be wrong. And as is the case with all these shows, the "wrong" is constantly Republicans.
Combine that with the rise of social media and all of a sudden everyone was a Jon Stewart online.
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I think the problem is that with social media everyone is insulating themselves from information they don't want to see or hear. I've read several articles that indicate the number one source of information for most voters in this election cycle was driven by Facebook. Of course Facebook is not the primary source of information, but what it does is allow the shaping of information that hits you and your circle of friends. Small bubbles of information were created and limited what information people saw. I believe that this had a greater impact on this cycle than any other media issue.