Why Twitter will never win a war on truth with Donald Trump
CNNCNN — On Tuesday afternoon, Twitter tried to strike a blow for truth. On one of President Donald Trump’s many misleading tweets about mail-in balloting, the social media company added a small tag that read: “Get the facts about mail-in ballots.” Click the link and it takes you to a Twitter page with facts about mail-in balloting – it is not “rigged” as Trump suggests – provided by mainstream media outlets. Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!” On Wednesday morning, Trump upped the ante – suggesting he would shut down social media sites. Big action to follow!” Many people – especially Trump supporters – will never even go to Twitter to see the tag that the site has appended to Trump’s tweets. For Trump backers, then, this attempt by Twitter to put people to facts when the President has made a false claim isn’t a good faith effort.