[ExI] Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> 


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>>... TwitterX isn’t a news source.  It is a medium.  TwitterX doesn’t stand behind anything posted there as being true.  Nor should its users.  It is up to the users to determine if the news they find there is true or false.

>...I think you have extolled X as a news source.  If you have to go elsewhere, what is the point of X?
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TwitterX supplies the information needed to do the google search.  One must know what to look for in order to search for it.

Keith all question on the value of TwitterX are answered now that we see its value with hostilities having begun in Iran.  StarLinkX is being used to anonymously relay information which is posted on TwitterX.  Just as we envisioned on this medium 30 years ago, we now have a means and a medium whereby citizens on the ground can report news, particularly in military conflict.  We don't need reporters, who cannot get to the site anyway.  We don't need news agencies filtering and shaping the narrative.  In military conflict, there are conflicting narratives.  We are shown by the people on the ground, a mixture of allies and foes, exactly what is happening, real time.

TwitterX isn't the news source, nor is StarLinkX.  Those are the medium and the means.  The news sources are the many people on the ground.

spike