This .. and social media more generally. If a 'sleb has tweeted something controversial the default should be to contact them for further comment rather than reading out the ravings from an iPad.
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Robert Saunders
The BBC needs to have a debate about whether Musk's outbursts should keep leading the news.
This isn't about censoring or suppressing his views; it's about whether to amplify them.
Most Brits aren't on X, they don't follow Musk & not every raving from a foreign plutocrat should set the news agenda
This isn't about censoring or suppressing his views; it's about whether to amplify them.
Most Brits aren't on X, they don't follow Musk & not every raving from a foreign plutocrat should set the news agenda
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A tweet is no different.
This special status for anything posted on the internet has to stop.