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You grab your phone first thing in the morning, half-awake, looking for something that actually affects your day. Did the city council finally approve that park budget? How did the high school football team do Friday night? Instead, you get a viral clip from a school board meeting in a town you couldn’t find on …
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You wake up, grab your phone, and start scrolling. The first thing you see isn’t the city council vote that’ll bump your property taxes or the new school superintendent your neighbor won’t shut up about. It’s a grainy clip of a congressional hearing three time zones away, a culture-war meltdown between influencers you’ve never heard …
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You grab your phone first thing. The screen lights up, and it’s not the school board budget vote from last night. It’s not the highway ramp closure that’ll tack fifteen minutes onto your commute. It’s a shaky video of a stranger three states over, red-faced and screaming at a cashier. The caption reads, “This is …
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Grab your phone and take a hard look at your feed. You’ll spot a senator you’ve never met screaming about a bill that won’t touch your county. A pundit in a studio 2,000 miles away calling half the country a threat. A protest clip—zero context—with a caption that tells you exactly how to feel. What …
Continue reading “Your Feed Is Feeding You a War That Isn’t Yours”
You grab your phone to see whether the school board finally passed the budget. Forty minutes later you’re deep in a comment thread, watching strangers from three states over scream at each other about something a congressman said on cable news. You know every twist of a culture-war brawl in a town you couldn’t find …
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