Social Media’s Shifting Politics; Shrinking TV Shows; and More

[Plus: One-on-One With Al Sharpton]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair’s Cocktail Hour Newsletter]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks June 07, 2020 [How Facebook Became the Social Media Home of the Right]( [While the left has flowed to Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg has laid out the welcome mat to the Trump legions.]( [READ MORE »]( [Is TV Sabotaging Itself?]( [There’s more to watch than ever, but series have fewer episodes—and fewer seasons—to prove themselves. Friends and Lost might not happen today.]( [READ MORE »]( [Uzodinma Iweala on White Signs at Black Protests]( [Witness to jovial, jokey messaging at New York protests, the author shares his profound discomfort with white people’s approach to this critical moment.]( [READ MORE »]( [America Is Changing—But What About Facebook?]( [As protests over the killing of George Floyd stretch on, two civil rights activists talk police reform and Mark Zuckerberg’s blind spots on this week’s Inside the Hive podcast.]( [READ MORE »]( [Seven Royal Marriages Almost as Disastrous as Catherine the Great’s]( [Love watching Elle Fanning scheme against her husband on The Great? Dig into these other true stories of royal matches made in hell.]( [READ MORE »]( [Review: Michaela Coel Is Transfixing in I May Destroy You]( [Premiering tonight, the new HBO series from the creator and star of Chewing Gum explores consent in the uneasy age of dating apps.]( [READ MORE »]( [From the Archive: Al Sharpton, Revisited]( [The Reverend Al Sharpton has been many things to many people: a firebrand, an opportunist, an inspiration, a joke. In 2016, with race once again roiling America’s conscience, he was arguably the country’s most influential civil rights leader. As Sharpton reflected on his five-decade battle, the presidential election, his role as a political power broker, and the controversies he can’t shake, Suzanna Andrews learned about the anger that created and nearly consumed him.]( [READ MORE »]( [][Vanity Fair]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.