Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Clickbait?

On today’s episode, hosts Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined
by Slate staff writer Aymann Ismail to discuss the controversial
YouTube channel, Jubilee. A video of political commentator Mehdi
Hasan debating 20 far-right republicans has gone viral, but as
Ismail argues in his piece for Slate, it also crossed a line. When
political disagreement becomes content and extremism is rewarded
with clicks, everybody loses.  Get more of ICYMI with Slate
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