Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Yesterday on the program, we talked about the controversy brewing over a tweet from "The Colbert Report," which many perceived as racist.
That tweet launched a series of tweets with the phrase #CancelColbert. It doesn't look like Comedy Central will be axing its popular late night show any time soon, but the #CancelColbert campaign has gained a lot of momentum and provoked a very testy debate nationwide.
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This lead us to wonder about the power of Twitter. It's a subject our next guest has spent a lot of time thinking about. Marcia Stepanek teaches social media strategy at New York University and is the author of the forthcoming book, "Swarm: The Rise of the Digital Anti-Establishment."