I don’t need convincing that Trump tweets often. Nor would I find much value in following presidential tweets, regardless of who is in office.
It it is big enough I’ll hear about it without being on twitter.
Do you think there’s something particularly important I’ve missed in the last decade or so that twitter has existed?
Is it a big deal for Trump to continue to falsely accuse a TV anchor of murdering someone?
These aren’t dry official tweets typed by a PR company, these are messages to the general public (well, his base) typed directly by the POTUS, and as they’re coming every hour they’re indicative of both Fox shows that he’s watching and stuff that’s on his mind.
You’re asking whether it’s worth reading Twitter, as all tweets are the same - dumb celebrities arguing and shilling their merchandise?
This is an insight into the mind of the most powerful man in the world and it’s worth reading.
No liberal journalists taking soundbites out of context.
I’m not sure. You tell me, and prove my theory correct.
I’m not saying there’s no value. I’m saying there’s no value for me. I have enough screen time in my life.
He’s got 80 million followers.
So when libs aren’t twisting the presidents statements, when it’s his actual words unfiltered, then you’re not interested because it’s just…Twitter?
When facts, or direct quotes hurt the president they are fake news, or from somewhere not worth ones time. When lies help the president they are called Alternative Facts.
Try and keep up.
A bad act is judged bad because it’s bad. Punishment and/or restitution is based on extent of harm.
Let me understand this correctly.
Not having a twitter account renders me woefully uninformed and in some state of denial?
Am I understanding both of you correctly?
No. You’ve said this:
So I’d assumed it would be logical of you to want to check occasionally (you don’t need a Twitter account to read tweets) what the POTUS directly communicates to the general public.
Unfiltered and not taken out of context nor spun by the MSM.
After all, he threatened war with Iran and NK (twice) through this medium.
Dont need a twitter account to google the POTUS’ twitter, FYI.
No, what we are saying is that you claimed the news media takes Trump out of context, misrepresents his words, or publishes opinion pieces instead of straight facts. But, when given the very simple opportunity to read the presidents direct words on the presidents chosen format to communicate policy and insight directly and unfiltered to the american public you say that you dont have time.
So you guys are telling me that reading what news I do and commenting on it is out of line because I don’t follow twitter?
Is this a new form of forum penance I must pay before I can form and share an opinion?
Am I not to have an opinion on the state of journalism without following Trump’s tweets individually? This is your arguments?
Wait, here you are a few posts ago making observations about the media generally and how they’re unfair to Trump and how that’s bad:
This is plain to see, in my opinion. Never has there been such a saturation of journalists (not to mention much of pop culture) ready to tell you their interpretation of a President’s words instead of simply conveying the words he spoke, clearly and in the correct context.
But then, when asked to address something bad that Trump has done that is really not debatable…and you can’t even concede Trump did something wrong?
A sitting president wrongfully accuses a TV host of murder? And you shrug your shoulders?
No, and you’re blowing a smokescreen. It’s irrelevant whether you actually follow his tweets or not - they appear in the news away from Twitter, which you can easily be aware of through other news consumption. The question is on the substance - did Trump do something bad?
I think the position he’s attempting is that he can’t have an opinion on anything Trump says on Twitter because he himself doesn’t look at or follow him on Twitter. Cult logic is hard to follow.
I’m so very sorry. I forgot about the other penance I must pay, where I’m required to comment on Trump before I can share an opinion on something other than Trump. It has, after all, been a few days since I directly compared Donald Trump to a leech in this thread.
Which tweet or set of tweets would you like for me to comment on?
It’s not a penance - you got asked a question. You’re mad at journalists for the state of journalism - well, the discourse where journalists do their job is being made worse by Trump. Trump isn’t some innocent victim who plays it straight getting picked on by a partisan media.
That’s the point - he invites lots of perfectly good criticism due to his own actions, and I’m asking you to acknowledge that through obvious examples.
Can you?
Follow the rules of the game, son.
I gave this some thought, because I didn’t want to just spuriously troll the rabid Anti-Trumpians… My (economic) life under the Trump presidency has easily been better than my (economic) life under the Obama presidencies. Trump 2020!!! Putin for Life!
Easily.
That doesn’t make me any less displeased with the state of journalism in the Trump era. And I’m not talking about his tweets. You can’t read through any news feeds without - tada - news about something Trump tweeted. I don’t need the app to have awareness of it and it is a silly argument to pretend like someone is just oblivious about Trump without following every single tweet.
The bleach thing is the most recent example. Trump said something stupid. Just report it as-is, and let comedians take it from there. I don’t need a journalist to cherry pick those words, put them out-of context or paraphrase them into a completely different meaning for me to form my own opinion about Donald Trump.
Can you point me to a straight journalistic source - not news analysis or from the opinion page - that did what you’re accusing the media of?
Back to my original question - Trump, a sitting president, continues to accuse a TV host of murdering someone. You have a problem with this?
Yes. The quote seemed to me like he was asking a doctor a very stupid and poorly-worded question. I didn’t read that quote and come to the conclusion that Trump was suggesting anyone inject disinfectant, yet that is exactly what the headline from NBC says.
Did you believe you were being told to inject disinfectant by President Trump? If so, I can understand why you might be upset.
If what you say is true, yes.