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CRIS has released a short paper about media reporting on far-right extremism which identifies how the far right uses the mainstream media to amplify its message and urges media to handle the subject with care.

While no outlet is immune from being co-opted for far right ideological messaging an in-depth study of social media posts found some outlets were more popular that others.

Some domains are shared more often and opinion pieces and editorials are often shared by the far right groups on Facebook and on the fringe social media site Gab, a qualitative analysis found.