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In The Arena: Democrats Go Overtime For A Star-Filled Night, But In The Digital Age It May Not Matter
The party doesn't seem overly consumed with traditional media reaction.
Other speakers seemed specifically designed to take off on social media platforms, including a speech from content creator Carlos Eduardo Espina and an appearance by Kenan Thompson, who delivered a Saturday Night Live-like skit that skewered Project 2025. Democrats typically get attacked by Republicans for overdoing it with their star quotient, but the Donald Trump era has made that argument a bit less potent, what with the former president finishing his final night with Hulk Hogan and Ted Nugent, plus a Las Vegas-style unveiling of the party nominee. Alex Hornbrook, executive director of the Democratic National Convention Committee, said that the celebrities, including Winfrey, are a recognition that “we are living at a time of a very fractured media environment..Those are folks who help us reach segments of Americans who may not be watching TV news or other sources.”
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