Stunning article by @rafaelbehr for @prospect_uk full of that now rare quality - critical self-awareness. Read it and wish you'd written it.https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/how-twitter-poisoned-politics …
I think the point being made by @rafaelbehr was not whether the interpretation of the tweet was fair/correct or not, but that an interpretation of a tweet was turned into a mega-story with such drastic practical consequences so quickly.
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Indeed. I realised that. I should have said “Also”. I was building upon the point to say the media was actually distorting an event just to create a story. For that I had to explain tweet’s real and opposite meaning. As you say, drastic practical consequences
#FingerOfShameThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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