• ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    It would be like CNN reporting on our Lemmy posts. It doesn’t make sense to treat Twitter as if it’s the news. It’s how Trump had a stranglehold on the news cycle from a White House toilet. The news couldn’t stop reporting on his tweets.

    If I wanted to get my news from Twitter I would go to Twitter. I go to news organizations to hear real news, not stream of consciousness thoughts from public figures. I’m concerned how much actual news we’ve missed because news pundits are too busy checking social media to actually report on the news.