COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY JOHN NAUGHTON IN THE
GUARDIAN
Twitter, Trump and the
distortion of the public sphere
"And yet, as a
result of Trump’s retweeting, millions of people probably think that Britain
First is a power in the land.'
Well, that statement is almost as ridiculous as some of
Trump's tweets.
It is completely unwarranted.
Paying close attention to the noises of "social
media" is itself hazardous and unhelpful.
A bit like keeping your ear to the ground near a cattle
ranch.
Every mindless opinion, every twisted desire has always been
out there somewhere in the mass of humanity. None of it is new. None of it is
remarkable. And certainly, none of it is newsworthy.
