I spoke to American academic Whitney Phillips about how the media's attempts to do the right thing in reporting on the far right have backfired spectacularly - instead, it has ended up providing endless fuel for their fire.
She outlines some of the ways in which they can be handled by journalists - not least by shifting the focus from the aggressors to their intended targets.
You can read her full report here:
https://datasociety.net/output/oxygen-of-amplification/
