Why we should pay attention to Donald Trump’s Facebook page
Donald Trump’s Facebook usage used to be a story that mainstream media monitored, but now it doesn’t care. That’s a mistake.
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Colin Horgan
Colin Horgan is a Toronto-based writer. He is a frequent contributor to the Guardian, and was formerly a writer for CTV and a parliamentary reporter for iPolitics.ca in Ottawa. His writing has appeared in Maclean’s, the Globe and Mail, the National post and others. From September 2014 to November 2015, Colin was a speechwriter for Justin Trudeau.
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