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Bucky

(53,947 posts) Mon Dec 31, 2018, 06:38 PM Dec 2018

I wish we, as a society, could all just agree that tweets aren't news

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I wish we, as a society, could all just agree that tweets aren't news (Original Post) Bucky Dec 2018 OP

and sure as hell aren't LAWS! elleng Dec 2018 #1

I totally agree. defacto7 Dec 2018 #2

Well, when policy decisions Codeine Dec 2018 #3

We'll be putting up "Miss me yet?" Trump memes when President Nugent governs thru Snapchats Bucky Jan 2019 #7

Not to mention when people are fired by tweets, as well. n/t Ms. Toad Jan 2019 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Dec 2018 #4

I wish Twitter would shut down his account permanently. smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #5

Running the country via social media is unnecessarily corrosive, and it cheapens the presidency. VOX Dec 2018 #6

Absolutely FakeNoose Jan 2019 #9

elleng

(130,740 posts)

1. and sure as hell aren't LAWS!

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 06:50 PM

Dec 2018

I hope future presidents won't use them AT ALL.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

2. I totally agree.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 08:11 PM

Dec 2018

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

3. Well, when policy decisions

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 08:22 PM

Dec 2018

and Administration positions are announced via tweet then those tweets are, by definition, news. We don’t have to like it, but there it is.

Bucky

(53,947 posts)

7. We'll be putting up "Miss me yet?" Trump memes when President Nugent governs thru Snapchats

Reply to Codeine (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 09:44 AM

Jan 2019

Ms. Toad

(33,999 posts)

8. Not to mention when people are fired by tweets, as well. n/t

Reply to Codeine (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 11:57 AM

Jan 2019

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elocs This message was self-deleted by its author.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

5. I wish Twitter would shut down his account permanently.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 08:49 PM

Dec 2018

Give us all some peace.

VOX

(22,976 posts)

6. Running the country via social media is unnecessarily corrosive, and it cheapens the presidency.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 09:18 PM

Dec 2018

It's just a ripplingly bad idea to do it.

FakeNoose

(32,594 posts)

9. Absolutely

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 12:05 PM

Jan 2019

Tweets aren't news and they don't (shouldn't) replace Presidential policy either.

Anyone who couldn't see it before the orange asshole can certainly see it now. I wish we could somehow ban the reporting of tweets here on DU. But I guess that isn't gonna happen. All we're doing is making the whole thing worse than it already is.

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