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Source: BuzzFeed
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BuzzFeed News reviewed 26,234 of Trumps 34,062 tweets, which we received through the Twitter API and developer Brendan Brown, who has archived Trumps tweets beyond what is accessible via the API (a stream of data that includes information like tweet text, time, and date). We filtered that data down to the 2,687 hyperlinks tweeted by Trumps personal Twitter account since he announced his candidacy in June 2015. By programmatically expanding the shortened links in his tweets we were able to group and count them to generate a rudimentary portrait of the news and opinion he publicizes and, presumably, consumes.
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Our analysis revealed a media ecosystem that appears to largely reinforce and affirm the views publicly expressed by Trump and his closest advisers. The news stories Trump tweets share several characteristics: 1) They often favor sensationalism over facts and reporting; 2) They frequently echo direct quotes from Trump himself or his closest advisers; and 3) They routinely malign his enemies and vindicate his most controversial opinions.
When it comes to news sources, the stories tweeted by Trump (and the staffers who sometimes manage his Twitter account) suggest that he is unfazed by news of questionable accuracy, likely to rely on hyper-partisan news, and apt to promote mainstream news only when it validates his opinions. While politicians from both sides of the aisle use their Twitter accounts to share content that furthers their agendas, Trumps reliance on sources and stories of questionable accuracy stands out both in frequency and in engagement. The stories shared by Trumps account throughout his campaign suggest the president-elect has constructed a powerful online filter bubble that largely flatters and confirms that which he claims to be true.
Using his tweeted links as a guide, Trumps favorite information source appears to be Twitter itself. Nearly half of the hyperlinks shared by Trumps account during his presidential campaign come from Twitter URLs. Many show Trump retweeting his fans, including according to Fortune at least 75 retweets of white supremacists and a false claim about gun violence demographics. Trumps other most frequently tweeted links are to his Facebook page (266 links) and his website (201 links most referring to statements, event schedules, and voter information).
Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/trumps-information-universe?utm_term=.idVERjpKR#.ya0oKLzlK
Botany
(70,504 posts)An insane con man w/links to the mob who is owned by Putin and gets his "news" from
fake news right wing sites will become POTUS.
3 things will happen:
1) The market will crash.
2) We will be in a recession.
3) We will be in a hot war w/in 2 years. Ukraine or Iran will be the hot spots.
2naSalit
(86,607 posts)but I think some refinement could help here.
1) the market will crash for all but the wealthy who will be receiving all assets and those who have little to nothing will lose everything. It's the quickest way to gain complete control over a society almost completely dependent upon the market (both the speculative and actual as in groceries etc.) for survival, take away the things they need on a daily basis and see how quickly they heel to whomever has those things to offer for a hellish price.
2) See #1.
3) I said that (actually 18 months, I was wrong since we were at war in ten months, I think it was) when W was selected... with this crock of poo, I think it'll be six months or less. And the military will be sucking up 80% of our tax $$.
The "P" in POTUS will stand for "Puppet" hereafter.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)with the 10 month thing.
Something to consider,hearing stories about Military reenlistment's as well as enlistments are in major trouble. Folks are not going to the Recruitment Centers,all I can say is Wow. Awakening?
Motley13
(3,867 posts)TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)but my god, that's fucking depressing. Not that Trump believed all that nonsense, because that was pretty much expected, but the number of other people who did. Some of those "top" items are so blatantly fake that I don't get how anyone bought into them.
To be clear, I'm fully aware of how gullible and ignorant many people are and aware of the sheer quantity of fake news, but putting real numbers to actual "stories" and "news" sites just kind of nails it home.