Twitter never was „the global town square!“
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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It will never cease to amaze me how obsessed with and addicted to Twitter these journalists are. When Elmo trolled NPR by labeling them "state-affiliated media," NPR itself ran indignant and breathless coverage of it for days -- they just couldn't help themselves.