Heres Where Donald Trump Gets His News

[demmiblue]

Source: BuzzFeed

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BuzzFeed News reviewed 26,234 of Trump’s 34,062 tweets, which we received through the Twitter API and developer Brendan Brown, who has archived Trump’s 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 Trump’s 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, Trump’s reliance on sources and stories of questionable accuracy stands out both in frequency and in engagement. The stories shared by Trump’s 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, Trump’s favorite information source appears to be Twitter itself. Nearly half of the hyperlinks shared by Trump’s 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. Trump’s 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]

1. We are fucked.

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]

2. You may well be right...

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]

5. Tend to agree with you

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. I didn't notice the National Enquirer in that group, he follows that bigly

[TwilightZone]

4. Pardon my language...

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.