The L.A. wildfires show how social media has become just another spin room

We’ve been sold the idea of the citizen journalist; instead, we’re living in an era of the citizen pundit.

It’s hard to remember now, as you scroll through a thicket of porn bots, anti-trans activists, and AI slop, but there was a time when Twitter was credibly labeled our “global town square.” Certainly, the social media platform proved a central meeting place for Arab Spring and Black Lives Matter groups.