Fighting on the internet is nothing new. But as our social media becomes more algorithmically siloed, the outrage machines are reshaping our policy outcomes in very real ways. Chris Vanderveen is an investigative reporter for 9News and has seen firsthand how online discourse is getting more divisive and subjective — especially when it comes to news coverage of crime. He joins host Bree Davies to talk about some recent stories he’s covered, why he engages with anonymous commenters on X.com, and how all the outrage is impacting laws and policy-making in Colorado.

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Here’s one of Chris’ X threads about the Denver bus stabbings, and his post about getting offline. 

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