When people say "Twitter is not real life," just remember that the whole Omar controversy *started* on Twitter, and now it's roiling the entire Congress and could presage a permanent split in the Democratic Party. So yes, Twitter does "matter" whether you like it or not
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True. People have been fired for their tweets. So it does matter in many ways.
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It also provides an important window into the thinking of political and media elites that was previously inaccessible
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