Miles O’Brien: Online Anger Is Gold To This Junk News Pioneer

Article from: Miles O’Brien Productions

Meet one of the Internet’s most prolific distributors of hyper-partisan fare. From California, Cyrus Massoumi caters to both liberals and conservatives, serving up political grist through various Facebook pages. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien profiles a leading purveyor of junk news who has hit the jackpot exploiting the trend toward tribalism.

This is the second Junk News series for the PBS NewsHour. You can watch the first installment here, and catch more of the conversation with Massoumi and Miles O’Brien’s on his podcast, Miles To Go.