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Trump: Will Twitter axe NYT, WaPo in purge of 'fake' accounts?
The Hill ^ | July 7, 2018

Posted on 07/07/2018 8:19:16 AM PDT by SMGFan

President Trump on Saturday floated the idea of Twitter dumping major national news publications including The New York Times and The Washington Post as the social media platform removes "fake" accounts.

"Twitter is getting rid of fake accounts at a record pace. Will that include the Failing New York Times and propaganda machine for Amazon, the Washington Post, who constantly quote anonymous sources that, in my opinion, don’t exist," Trump tweeted.

"They will both be out of business in 7 years!

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: nyt; twitter; wp
someone has to tell them he is teasing them as usual.
1 posted on 07/07/2018 8:19:16 AM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

I expect the WaPo and NYT to merge within five years. Just not enough profit for both to exist.


2 posted on 07/07/2018 8:24:11 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

Merge them and call the new company Democrat Publishing. At least that part would be truth in advertising.


3 posted on 07/07/2018 8:42:54 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: pepsionice

Bezos could lose $100 million a year and would still keep his propaganda toy. At the rate Amazon is earning money that rag isn’t going anywhere.


4 posted on 07/07/2018 9:12:44 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: pepsionice
"WaPo and NYT to merge"

My Little WaPoNyT?

5 posted on 07/07/2018 9:14:47 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: SMGFan

I’m guessing extra accounts at the New York Times are paid for by George Soros - and they’ll be difficult to ‘discover the fakery’...


6 posted on 07/07/2018 10:16:50 AM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IsingvI_I STOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-s1_nfs7f4)
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To: hardspunned

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has plenty of money to bail out the NYT a third time. Neither paper has any need to make a profit from subscribers or advertisers.


7 posted on 07/07/2018 10:18:50 AM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: SMGFan

Tell the fascist federal bureaucracy that it can no longer use taxpayer dollars to subscribe, and both the NYT and WP will financially collapse within four months.


8 posted on 07/07/2018 5:04:55 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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