Does President Trump's use of Twitter bypass partisan media? Why or why not?

SN Greg Wright — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 03:04:53 -0500

Response by Capt Jeff S. made Jan 21 at 2017 3:06 AM

Capt Jeff S. — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 03:06:19 -0500

Yes, it bypasses the media and that is a good thing. For too long, the media has been manipulating public opinion and controlling what information the people get. Instead of being a watchdog on the government for the people, the media became a lapdog for the Globalist Progressives that ran our government, and it pushed a very toxic Progressive agenda on the public, a majority of whom opposed it, yet it was the Special Interests dictating and not the people.

Trump's use of Twitter is a direct hotline to the millions, including myself, that follow him on Twitter #realDonaldTrump. It cuts out the media as a go-between and gets Trump's message directly to those who want to hear it, without any Progressive spin... Trump's use of Twitter put the media on notice and I am loving it! If you listened to Trump's Inauguration Message, I think he knocked it out of the park and showed a level of humility not many people were aware that he had. Indeed Jan 20th marks a day that will go down in history as the day when power was returned back to the people.

Response by LTC John Shaw made Jan 21 at 2017 3:08 AM

LTC John Shaw — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 03:08:50 -0500

I don't see the big deal, Obama has used social media more than any other President. He also used the MSM and multiple last night comedy show plugs.
This is just the MSM complaining about lack of their control.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jan 21 at 2017 3:20 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 03:20:48 -0500

Yes it does, and it derives the MSM nuts.

Response by SSgt Christopher Brose made Jan 21 at 2017 3:24 AM

SSgt Christopher Brose — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 03:24:22 -0500

Of course it bypasses the media. There is no filter in Twitter that the media can control.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 21 at 2017 4:32 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 04:32:49 -0500

It bypasses the media, it insulates him him from tough questions, it keeps people off balance, it is a horrible way to conduct foreign policy, it does many things that some like and do not like and most of all it will keep people coming after him for a multitude of things.

Response by LTC Orlando Illi made Jan 21 at 2017 8:34 AM

LTC Orlando Illi — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 08:34:34 -0500

The 4th Estate tried mightily to influence the peasants to not deny the Czarina her Self Anointed Coronation. But then an interloper from the hinterlands rode into the kingdom and had the impertinence to bypass their propaganda and from his tower tweet all those lies and falsehoods regarding the honesty and humanity of the Czarina. The peasants listened to the tweets of the interloper and the 4th Estate could not stop the peasants from seeing the Czarina for who she was - a serial prevaricator whose arrogance was only exceeded by her narcissistic belief that her Self Anointed Coronation was already scheduled and no peasants were going to stop her. The Czarina's 4th Estate then spent countless hours telling the peasants who to vote for. They told the peasants that the interloper was a racist and homophobic cretin that had no business taking her throne from her. But the peasants did not listen. They had the impudence and temerity to think for themselves and came to the polls to deny the Czarina her Coronation. The INSOLENCE! The EFFRONTERY! The AUDACITY! Peasants are not supposed to think - the Czarina cried!

Response by SGT David Baker made Jan 21 at 2017 9:25 AM

SGT David Baker — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 09:25:23 -0500

I, for one, hope so!

Response by SCPO Carl Wayne Boss made Jan 22 at 2017 4:01 AM

SCPO Carl Wayne Boss — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 04:01:25 -0500

SN Wright... Maybe the question should be... "Does President Trump Use Twitter to "Bypass partisan or Aka Main Stream Media" or "Keep it Honest" so they can't "Spin" or otherwise pervert what he says or take it out of context as they're so well practiced at doing.

Media manipulation we don't need, neither do we need the so called "Main Stream Media" shaping or otherwise massaging public Opinion into what they want it to be. That isn't their job, they seem to have forgotten that, we don't need a "Lap Dog" press...

"President Trump's Twitter Truths" will for better or worse, remain one of the primary ways the facts are transmitted to the general public... Equating these transmittals as Hitlerian or other wise fascistic is at minimum, beyond childish and at most a grossly overt and less than truthful overreaction...

If anything is Hitlerian or fascistic it's the Main Stream Media's mis-characterization of Mr. Trumps words, not to mention whining about their method of transmittal...