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The Week's News In Social Media

"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough came under fire in social media for his comments about the SAE fraternity at the University of Oklahoma that created racist chants. (MSNBC screenshot)
"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough came under fire in social media for his comments about the SAE fraternity at the University of Oklahoma that created racist chants. (MSNBC screenshot)

Last week’s news blew up in social media circles, from Senator Tom Cotton’s letter about Iran, to comments from MSNBC hosts about racist chants by SAE frat members at the University of Oklahoma.

Slate editor-in-chief Julia Turner joins Here & Now’s Robin Young to discuss to round up how the news reverberated through social media.

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