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I find it odd to say taking him off twitter is censorship. Twitter is used by 22% of adult Americans (according to Pew). Trump and any president, on a whim ca
by giarc 6y ago
I find it odd to say taking him off twitter is censorship. Twitter is used by 22% of adult Americans (according to Pew).
Trump and any president, on a whim can speak live to all Americans through all cable news channels. He could have called NBC, Fox, CBS, ABC etc to the Oval Office and in 5 minutes be live on basically every channel (including being streamed live on twitter). Instead he choose Twitter.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoApparently somewhere between 30 and 40% of adult Americans get news from TV, depending on whose surveys you look at. And cable news is only 16-19% of adults, having fallen enormously since 2016 and 2017 surveys. It was more than twice the proportion just a few years ago! But yeah, he can always address the press and let the press disseminate his statements, which has its own pros and cons.