RE: I want to ask, not a legal or constitutional question, but a question about what is good or helpful to society & freedom in general. Knowing all we know about how Twitter is used, does any society, ours included, NEED Twitter? Has it helped public discourse and relaying of needed information the public has not had access to otherwise?
Well, think about it this way, if we did not have Twitter, and given the constant barrage of negative news about Trump the MSM is trotting out, how can Trump actually present his side of the story to a wide audience to counter “fake news”?
“Well, think about it this way, if we did not have Twitter, and given the constant barrage of negative news about Trump the MSM is trotting out, how can Trump actually present his side of the story to a wide audience to counter “fake news”?”
An appropriate question. Can the answer possibly be for Trump to insert himself more often in press conferences where he is present, and in TV interviews with talking heads he likes, such as with some of his friends on Fox? It might be. But I think that Trump likes the sound bite was of communicating, more than the long, considered, and highly thought out manner. Yes, I think Trump uses Twitter more because it fits his style than it is because he could not otherwise be heard enough.