THE NEW YORK TIMES WORRIES: What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’? Right-wing influencers are dominating the political discussion on Facebook, raising questions about whether it will translate into electoral success in November. “Most days, the leader board looks roughly the same: conservative post after conservative post, with the occasional liberal interloper. . . . Maybe Mr. Trump’s ‘silent majority,’ in other words, only seems silent because we’re not looking at their Facebook feeds.”