How deep-pocketed political donors invest in meme production to sway the masses, with some Dems trying to catch up by funding their own viral content studios
Imagine you're a millionaire or billionaire with strong political views and a desire to spread those views to the masses. Tweets: @mims , @patprobably , and @tonyromm Tweets: Christopher Mims / @mims : Larger story of the age of memes: Soft power shifted from Hollywood (liberal) to Facebook (conservative) http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Patrick / @patprobably : he whomst'd've controls the memes controls the universe http://twitter.com/... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : Real good, important story here. I'd add: official Dem/GOP organs themselves have tried, and will invest even more, in doing this, too. http://twitter.com/...