{"id":105170,"date":"2025-09-29T12:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:09:46","slug":"utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170","title":{"rendered":"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it’s leading us down ‘very dark path’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, blamed social media for fueling political division in the United States during CBS\u2019 “60 Minutes”<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Correspondent Scott Pelley asked Cox about the Charlie Kirk assassination and its aftermath, speaking to the governor about what he thinks led to the murder in his state on Sept. 10. Cox said that social media stoked the anger that led to the crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I do believe that social media is a cancer, and it is taking all of our worst impulses and putting them on steroids. It is driving us to division. It is driving us to hate,” he said.<\/p>\n

WHO IS TYLER ROBINSON? WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK’S SUSPECTED ASSASSIN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Following Kirk\u2019s assassination by suspected gunman Tyler Robinson, Cox urged Americans<\/a> to reject the cycle of political violence during an appearance on Fox News\u2019 “Special Report.” He also lamented how social media allowed for video of Kirk\u2019s death to be widely accessed, complained about conspiracy theories surrounding Kirk\u2019s death spreading online.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Those violent images that we saw are just terrible,” Cox said. “We’re not conditioned for that type of information\u2026 We’ve lost too much of our humanity, and it happens in those dark corners of social media \u2026 We just have to find a way to disconnect from that.”<\/p>\n

CHARLIE KIRK\u2019S STRONG STANCE ON DEATH PENALTY RESURFACES AFTER UTAH ASSASSINATION<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On “60 Minutes,” Cox told Pelley<\/a> he believed that social media algorithms have “captured our very souls, they\u2019ve captured our free agency.”<\/p>\n

“These dopamine hits that get our young people \u2014 and our old people \u2014 addicted to outrage and hate, that serve us up on a regular basis, are absolutely leading us down a very dark path,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cox continued, telling the anchor that social media platforms prey on people\u2019s political affiliations, feeding them content that amplifies their outrage.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“The algorithms are absolutely destroying us. Once they know what your political leanings are, then it\u2019s like a pack of wolves that just attack,” he said. “We have this collective problem that we can\u2019t solve because we are all sucked in, and we don\u2019t know how to get out.”<\/p>\n

Earlier in the interview, Cox said he thinks Kirk\u2019s murder<\/a> and the hardening division is a bad sign for the future of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Scott, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s hyperbole to say that the future of our country is at stake. This grand experiment that we embarked on 250 years ago \u2013 can we hold together?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-division-us-says-its-leading-down-very-dark-path <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, blamed social media for fueling political division in the United States during CBS\u2019 “60 Minutes” on Sunday. Correspondent Scott Pelley asked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-105170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUtah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it's leading us down 'very dark path' - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it's leading us down 'very dark path' - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, blamed social media for fueling political division in the United States during CBS\u2019 “60 Minutes” on Sunday. Correspondent Scott Pelley asked […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T16:09:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it’s leading us down ‘very dark path’\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-29T16:09:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170\"},\"wordCount\":449,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170\",\"name\":\"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it's leading us down 'very dark path' - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-29T16:09:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it’s leading us down ‘very dark path’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it's leading us down 'very dark path' - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it's leading us down 'very dark path' - Wall Street PR","og_description":"Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, blamed social media for fueling political division in the United States during CBS\u2019 “60 Minutes” on Sunday. Correspondent Scott Pelley asked […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2025-09-29T16:09:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it’s leading us down ‘very dark path’","datePublished":"2025-09-29T16:09:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170"},"wordCount":449,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170","name":"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it's leading us down 'very dark path' - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-29T16:09:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/utah-gov-cox-blames-social-media-for-division-in-us-says-its-leading-us-down-very-dark-path-105170#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Utah Gov. Cox blames social media for division in US, says it’s leading us down ‘very dark path’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105170"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=105170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}