Subj : Re: social media era election
To   : Mike Powell
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Tue Sep 06 2022 01:42:47

 MP> > Did you ever see such a high volume of celebrities speaking out against 
 MP> > political candidate before? I've seen them do it a little before, but ne
 MP> > at
 MP> > this frequency.
 MP> 
 MP> I think Trump was the first Republican to win the Presidency during the
 MP> social media era.  Before that, the celebrity had to be important enough
 MP> for someone to want to put a microphone in their face.  Now they, like
 MP> Trump, can blurt out whatever they are thinking/feeling at any one moment
 MP> in an attempt to influence their loyal herd of followers.

I think you're right to some extent, but this mass-messaging was beyond just
tweets and social media. I feel like even without the addition of social
media, the attacks elsewhere were unprecedented.

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