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Social Media Buzz: From Pope Photo To Pageant Winner Arrest

Published May 26, 2017 at 2:05 PM CDT

Danielle Belton ( @blacksnob) of The Root speaks with Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti about stories trending online — from a photo of President Trump with Pope Francis, to a story about an African-American pageant winner who was arrested and spent a night in a Texas jail.

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