What Makes Political Debates On Twitter So Bad | Offline Podcast

Jane Coaston, columnist at the New York Times and host of “The Argument,” joins Jon to talk through her Twitter addiction. They discuss the gamification of online conversation, how former high school debaters ruined the internet, and why we should all spend less time on Twitter and more time watching NCIS.

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