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If Trump Tweets It, Is It News? A Quandary for the News Media
NYT ^ | 29 Nov 2016 | If Trump Tweets It, Is It News? A Quandary for the News Media

Posted on 11/30/2016 7:46:59 AM PST by shove_it

Since Election Day, President-elect Donald J. Trump has proposed a U-turn in American diplomatic relations with Cuba, boasted about negotiations with a major manufacturer, trumpeted false claims about millions of illegal votes and hinted that he might upend current free speech laws by banning flag burning.

All in 140 characters or less.

As news organizations grapple with covering a commander in chief unlike any other, Mr. Trump’s Twitter account — a bully pulpit, propaganda weapon and attention magnet all rolled into one — has quickly emerged as a fresh journalistic challenge and a source of lively debate.

How to cover a president’s pronouncements when they are both provocative and maddeningly vague? Does an early-morning tweet amount to a planned shift in American policy? Should news outlets, as some readers argue, ignore clearly untrue tweets, rather than amplify falsehoods further?

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


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: newmedia; trumptransition; twitter
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To: shove_it

“trumpeted false claims about millions of illegal votes”

Prove they are false. Go ahead, examine all the ballots and prove they were cast by citizens. We’ll wait, NYT.


61 posted on 11/30/2016 8:13:50 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: ClearCase_guy

There is no such thing as “news” at this point. There is only “persuasion”.

All of the MSM pundits and anchors want to persuade people that Trump is a monster and the voters were wrong and Progressives should still be calling all the shots. Sending out this propaganda message and persuading people to believe this is what the “news business” does for a living.


It all makes sense now. The Bushes “play” — as in “fool” — us conservatives. They pretend to be us while ripping us off and setting us up for globalist elites same as Dems do. This is why, when the MSM attacked Bush, he just hung his head and said, “Yep. I’m bad, sure am, sorry. Won’t defend myself in any way shape or form.”


62 posted on 11/30/2016 8:14:30 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: shove_it

Dear New York Time,

You’re right. They are not news. Please ignore them.

Then everyone will ignore you.

And we’ll all be happy.


63 posted on 11/30/2016 8:14:41 AM PST by edwinland
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To: Nevadan

I’m not sure why, but I know I read Trump, Bill Mitchell, Scot Biao and others and I don’t have a twitter account. Maybe because theirs of public and others block people who don’t follow them. I read them on my Ipad. Maybe try to read trumps and see if it works.


64 posted on 11/30/2016 8:14:46 AM PST by ladybug56 (Trump 2016)
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To: Sacajaweau; Red Badger

Twitter puts people on "suspension" for any number of reasons.
I have similarly wondered about them simply turning-off President Trump's account at an inopportune moment.
Probably not the wisest move to make, yet it is a step they could do.
Lawsuit? It is a FREE service. How is one to sue over that?

65 posted on 11/30/2016 8:15:28 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Nevadan
But wth Trump as president, I may go ahead and open an account so I can get what he says unfiltered.

Nevadan, jump right in, get an account, you will enjoy it. Just follow Trump, and over time you can add a couple people you like who tweet things you are interested in. And if you don't like them after a day or two, unfollow them. I never used Twitter either, but I enjoy checking his tweets now. Why read them through some slanted interpretation by some hostile MSM writer.
66 posted on 11/30/2016 8:16:44 AM PST by Old_Grouch (69 and AARP-free. Monthly FR contributor.)
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To: Old_Grouch

Good point. We are supposed to pay these shifty bastards money for their skillful twisting of the President Donald’s words. Ha ha ha! Really??


67 posted on 11/30/2016 8:17:01 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Nevadan
I hate the whole social media thing.

FreeRepublic is Social Media.

68 posted on 11/30/2016 8:19:00 AM PST by TruthFactor (Hang em', Hang em' High.)
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To: ladybug56

Ok, thanks


69 posted on 11/30/2016 8:19:57 AM PST by Nevadan
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To: Nevadan

You might be right - but a twitter account costs nothing. And you never have to tweet or follow anyone. Sign up for the app, and that way when you click on a Twitter link on the web it will put you straight to the tweet on the app. Worth it.


70 posted on 11/30/2016 8:20:51 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: jospehm20
I hope there is some serious investigation done to prove the media idiots wrong on this.

If there is:

A) It won't be done by the New York Times.

B) The only way Times readers will find out about it is when Donald Trump tweets.
71 posted on 11/30/2016 8:21:15 AM PST by VisualizeSmallerGovernment
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To: shove_it
ALL ABOARD the TRUMP TRAIN!


72 posted on 11/30/2016 8:22:07 AM PST by Daffynition ( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder")
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To: CodeToad

Did we ever find out who pays for these reporters’ trips and food and hotels? If it is we taxpayers, that needs to STOP. The taxpayers should not be forced to let liars lie to them at our own expense!


73 posted on 11/30/2016 8:23:01 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Old_Grouch

That is how I do it too, Old_Grouch.
If the information is not helpful...I just unfollow people.

I like having the "direct line" from President Trump without the mainstream media editing a critical 2-3 words out of a statement he might make...that TOTALLY twists the meaning of a sentence.
They cannot alter what he says directly via Twitter.

74 posted on 11/30/2016 8:23:20 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Blue Jays

Let them do it, let Twitter suspend our President! Gab is coming up, maybe a freer twitter. Twitter is definitely not a free speech proponent. But if The President Donald is using Twitter, they’d be stupid to ban him. Twitter would thereafter instantly become leftists only and the IQ on tweets would sink.


75 posted on 11/30/2016 8:26:31 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: shove_it

Note to NY Times, you no longer matter, so print or don’t print, will anyone notice.

Trump’s message will get out to the public without going through a liberal filter.

Will the last employee out the door please turn off the lights.


76 posted on 11/30/2016 8:26:36 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN
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To: TruthFactor

Yes, in a sense. But you can maintain your privacy if you wish. Much of social media - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram - has become platforms for over sharing the mundane and trivial aspects of life. Much of it truly is fake and filtered. No one shares selfies on FR!


77 posted on 11/30/2016 8:26:51 AM PST by Nevadan
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To: Daffynition

Cute choo choo, woo hoo!

;) Otter


78 posted on 11/30/2016 8:27:52 AM PST by shove_it (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
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To: shove_it

MSM FLUMMOXED ALERT!
HAHAHA!

Love it! They don’t entirely control the message.


79 posted on 11/30/2016 8:29:32 AM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: shove_it

It is news if Trump tweets, whether one wants to read it or not. The Tweet may be important, may not be, but it is “news”.


80 posted on 11/30/2016 8:30:09 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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