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The McMartin preschool trial coverage was criticized by David Shaw in his 1990 Pulitzer Prize winning articles, "None of these charges was ultimately proved, but the media largely acted in a pack, as it so often does on big events, and reporters' stories, in print and on the air, fed on one another, creating an echo chamber of horrors." Shaw stated that this case "exposed basic flaws" in news organizations such as "Laziness. Superficiality. Cozy relationships" and "a frantic search to be first with the latest shocking allegation". His mention of "Reporters and editors often abandoned" journalistic principles of "fairness and skepticism" and "frequently plunged into hysteria, sensationalism and what one editor calls 'a lynch mob syndrome'" shows the effect of such an echo chamber and how it alters the coverage of specific types of media.
The conservative radio host, Rush Limbaugh, and his radio show was categorized as an echo chamber in the first empirical study concerning echo chambers by researchers Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Frank Capella in their book: Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment (2008)
The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal reporting was chronicled in Time magazine's 16 February 1998 "Trial by Leaks" cover story "The Press And The Dress: The anatomy of a salacious leak, and how it ricocheted around the walls of the media echo chamber" by Adam Cohen. This case was also reviewed in depth by the Project for Excellence in Journalism in "The Clinton/Lewinsky Story: How Accurate? How Fair?"
A New Statesman essay argued that echo chambers were linked to the UK Brexit referendum.
The subreddit /r/incels and other online incel communities have also been described as echo chambers.
Discussion concerning opioid drugs and whether or not they should be considered suitable for long-term pain maintenance.
The 2016 presidential election was described as an echo chamber, as information was exchanged primarily among individuals with similar political and ideological views. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were extremely vocal on Twitter throughout the electoral campaigns, bringing many vocal opinion leaders to the platform. A study conducted by Guo et. al. showed that Twitter communities in support of Trump and Clinton differed significantly, and those that were most vocal were responsible for creating echochambers within these communities.
The network of Youtube Channels harbouring and circulating the Flat-Earth Theory has been described as an echo chamber However, since the creation of the internet, scholars have been curious to see the changes in political communication. Due to the new changes in information technology and how it is managed, it is unclear how opposing perspectives can reach common ground in a democracy. The effects seen from the echo chamber effect has largely been cited to occur in politics, such as Twitter and Facebook during the 2016 presidential election in the United States. Some believe that echo chambers played a big part in the success of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential elections.
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