The right-wing sources that typically dominate Facebook took a back seat this week as America reacted to Betty White's death
just weeks before her 100th birthday, with stories about White accounting for half of the top 10 link posts on the platform over the past week.WireImageThe top link post on Facebook this week was from TMZ, which shared a breaking news story about White's death on New Year's Eve.
The post was shared more than 204,000 times, attracted around 62,000 reactions and had more than 6,500 comments, according to data compiled by social media tracking firm NewsWhip. Other popular posts about White included one from Deadline Hollywood, which shared a story about Don Cheadle paying tribute to her, and another from Entertainment Weekly, which had a piece about Saturday Night Live re-airing its episode where White served as host.
The only conservative news page that had any post in the top 10 this week was Dan Bongino's, whose post about the
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