How a Mostly Fake Campus Controversy Illustrates the Internet’s Outrage Economy

The now-famous bánh mì protests at Oberlin were mostly invented by the media. Why?

New York Magazine
Nov 7 · 5 min read
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By Jesse Singal

You may recall that a bunch of Oberlin students, hopped up on the most noxious forms of activism wafting over the nation’s elite colleges, recently flew…

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