U.S. Capitol mayhem was long time coming, and fuelled by social media, say far-right watchers

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 5:10 a.m.

Some far-right watchers say the mayhem in the U.S. Capitol this week was a long time coming, and social media fanned the flames. Matt Galloway talks to Jen Schradie, a digital sociologist at Sciences Po in Paris, and Seyward Darby, opinion writer at the New York Times and the editor in chief of The Atavist Magazine.