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Colbert's Costly Run In With "Hashtag Activism"

Before last week, Stephen Colbert and his team at “The Colbert Report” were widely recognized for their masterful manipulation of new media channels like Facebook and Twitter. Then, all hell broke loose. The New Yorker looks into the social-media driven campaign to #CancelColbert, which was set off by one highly offensive tweet. “#CancelColbert started with Suey Park, a 23-old writer and activist … now a veteran of so-called ‘hashtag activism.’”
 

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