Trump’s extensive use of Twitter has led to dumbing down of US politics: Analyst
US President Donald Trump’s extensive use of the social networking company Twitter has led to the decline of civility and intellectual content in American politics, a former US Senate candidate says.
“At the end of the day, what you have here is a social media employment that has reduced civility, its reduced sophistication in discussion of issues .… it has reduced the whole issue of nuancing,” said Mark Dankof, who is also a broadcaster in San Antonio, Texas.
“When the president of the United States is doing this, it certainly demeans both the office and the character of political discourse in the United States,” Dankof told Press TV on Monday.
“But on the other hand, his opponents in many cases are doing the same kinds of things, which again results in the pulling down of the process, a dumbing down of the process,” he added.
Twitter on Sunday accused Trump of spreading misleading content for retweeting a shortened video clip appearing to show Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden endorsing Trump’s re-election.
The company used its new “manipulated media” label for the first time on the video clip, which was posted on Saturday by White House social media director Dan Scavino.
The 13-second video shows Biden speaking at an election rally in Kansas City, Missouri, telling a crowd: "We can only re-elect Donald Trump."
Biden’s full sentence, which was cut off by the clip, was “Excuse me. We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It’s gotta be a positive campaign so join us.”
The footage was later retweeted by the Republican president and had been viewed nearly six million times by Monday. The video was also posted on Scavino’s Facebook page, where it had about 1 million views.
Twitter attached a label to the video describing it as "manipulated media.” The company implemented its new policy on March 5.
US Social media companies are under pressure to police misleading or false information on their platforms ahead of the US presidential election in November.
No politician is more closely associated with Twitter than Trump. He has posted more than 13,500 messages to his 68 million followers since he took office.
Biden set to lose re-election over his genocidal policy in Gaza: US journalist
Frightful Biden-Trump rematch planned for November: Analyst
US Empire controlling people's minds to maintain hegemony: Scholar
VIDEO | The state of conflict in Ukraine
Venezuela protests to UN Security Council over US seizure of oil tanker
Iran reports sharp rise in household gas demand
OIC chief pledges support for Iran, hails Tehran's role in Islamic solidarity
BBC to fight $10bn Trump lawsuit over Panorama speech edit
Israeli prison chief warns of escalation as Palestinians suffer in detention
Iranian-made electric buses begin service in Tehran
Iran reaffirms determination to defend legal nuclear rights
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
