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Saying the POTUS can't use twitter is not taking away their freedom of speech -- it's putting controls around what mediums they're allowed to exercise their fre
by stanmancan 9y ago
Saying the POTUS can't use twitter is not taking away their freedom of speech -- it's putting controls around what mediums they're allowed to exercise their freedom of speech. Kinda like how they're not supposed to run their own mail server.
Do you really think it's in the nations best interest that _Twitter_ is being treated as an official source of news from the POTUS?
- Karunamon 9y agoI think it’s absolutely in the nations best interest that the president has a way to get his message out directly without filtering by the corporate media. It’s a lot harder to misconstrue someone’s words when anyone can look at them (and better yet- passively see them, rather than having to go looking) Whether Twitter is the best medium for that is another question, given the character limits and demonstrated unprofessional behavior by the platform owner. I bet his account gets a lot more exposure there than a page on whitehouse.gov would.