Media Scorecard – Better, Not Good

found online by Raymond

 

Election Coverage     [Image from ABC News]

From Mock Paper Scissors:

Our Failed Social Media did better but were not great.

  • Twitter flagged Prznint Stupid’s claim of victory as being misleading and hid it from view and disabled replies and likes.
  • Facebook and Instagram added a generic note that said that votes were still being counted and that the winner of the election had not yet been projected. Facebook also added a label to the video of the speech itself that reads: “Final results may be different from initial vote counts, as ballot counting will continue for days or weeks after polls close.”

That said, you can still find the video of his victory speech and watch it.

On Twitter, it sits on Prznint Stupid’s timeline right above his earlier hidden post about election stealing. The WaPo Reports that Twitter says the video does not violate its policies.

This is how you do it: NBC News cut Trump off mid-speech as soon as he started lying about winning.

Gonna re-up what we said about social media the other day: There’ll be mountains of bad information. Don’t waste time on it, and don’t share it.

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