>>> DONALD TRUMP IS HAVING TWITTER PROBLEMS.
TWITTER PROBLEMS. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THIS
DATA.
DATA. INTERACTIONS WITH HIS TWEETS
WHEN PEOPLE OR MEDIA RESPOND HAS
BEEN FALLING DRASTICALLY FROM
JUST UNDER .6% WHEN FIRST ELECT
ELECTED TO A MUCH LOWER FIGURE.
THE DECLINE IS HAPPENING AS
TRUMP TWEETS MORE OFTEN.
I AM JOINED BY JEFF JARVIS, A
PROMINENT EXPERT AND MEDIA
CRITIC AND PROFESSOR OF
JOURNALISM AND WRITER FOR BUZZ
MACHINE.
MACHINE. A GOOD PERSON TO HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
I’M HONORED TO BE HERE.
>> YOU LOOK AT THE CHART AND
PEOPLE OPPOSED TO DONALD TRUMP
MIGHT SAY THIS IS AN INTERESTING
METRIC THAT THEY MIGHT SEE AS
GOOD NEWS.
GOOD NEWS. SO MUCH OF WHAT HE TWEETS IS THE
MOST CONTROVERSIAL, BASELESS,
PACKED WITH LIES.
THIS DECLINING CHART WOULD BE
GOOD NEWS.
GOOD NEWS. ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE DATA SHOWS
BECAUSE HE IS TWEETING MORE
OFTEN, IT’S SPREADING IT OUT.
WE HAVE A POLICY THAT WE DON’T
READ OFF THE TWEETS.
>> I DON’T READ HIS TWEETS
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. I REFUSE TO FOLLOW HIM.
I HAVE A TWEET COLUMN FOR DONALD
TRUMP AND I USED TO CHECK IT
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. I HATE PEOPLE WHO REPEAT
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. I HATE PEOPLE WHO REPEAT
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. HE DOES IT OVER AND OVER AND
OVER.
OVER. EVERYTHING HE HAS TO SAY.
>> ONE OF THE VERY FAIR
CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS IN 2016
WAS JUST OVERLY REGURGITATING.
ONLY HIS RALLIES AND NOT ALL THE
RALLIES.
RALLIES. YOU CAN BE C-SPAN AND HE DOES
RALLY IF HE DOESN’T GET MORE
THAN HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS
AND MORE THAN DEMOCRATS.
THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE DECLINE
WOULD SUGGEST WITH TWITTER, THE
PUBLIC, NOT THE PRESS, IS
INTERACTING LESS AS TIME GOES
ON.
ON. HAVE THEY ALSO DETERMINED THAT
SOME OF THIS IS WORTH TUNING
OUT?
OUT? >> I THINK SO.
THE REAL QUESTION, THE NEXT
STUDY I WANT TO SAY IS WHAT ARE
WE DOING IN MEDIA.
WE ARE AMPLIFYING HIS MESSAGES.
I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD WRITE A
STORY EVERY TIME HE WRITES A
TWEET.
TWEET. WE ARE AMPLIFYING WHAT HE
TWEETS.
TWEETS. BEFORE THE PELOSI VIDEO OF LAST
WEEK WAS BROAD ON BY MEDIA, IT
WAS SEEN 300 TIMES ON TWITTER.
WE AND MEDIA ARE AMPLIFYING THIS
JUNK.
JUNK. I ARGUED FOR AWARDS IN THE "NEW
YORK TIMES" AND "THE WASHINGTON
POST."
POST." A STANDING HEADLINE THAT SAID
WHAT HE TWEETED TODAY AND PUT IT
ALL THERE AND GIVE IT CONTEXT,
BUT STOP AMPLIFYING.
>> YOU WROTE HOW GOOGLE WORKS.
YOU ARE DESCRIBING THAT THE
INTERNET GIVES US A RAPID
FEEDBACK LOOP.
FEEDBACK LOOP. THAT CAN BE ACTIVISTS FROM BLACK
LIVES MATTER WHO RECORD
SOMETHING AND WITHIN HOURS, IT’S
NATIONAL.
NATIONAL. THEY SAY THAT HELPS SCRUTINY.
IT CAN BE NEGATIVE WHEN THE
PELOSI STUFF SAID OVERREACTING
TO IT CREATES THE PROBLEM THAT
YOU CLAIM TO BE FACT CHECKING.
>> I DON’T WANT TO SEE TWITTER
FACT CHECKING ANYBODY.
NOT YOU OR ME OR DONALD TRUMP.
WE IN THE DEMOCRACY ARE
RELEARNING HOW TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION AFTER THAT
GUTENBERG ERA.
GUTENBERG ERA. VOICES WERE NEVER HEARD IN WHITE
OLD MEDIA THAT ENABLED ME TOO
AND BLACK LIVES MATTER AND
LIVING WHILE BLACK.
WE HAVE TO TREASURE THAT WHILE
PUTTING UP WITH THE GUST OF
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. >> SHAUN CARTER WHO SAID HASH
TAGS AND RETWEETS.
>> IF SILENCE WAS GOLDEN, YOU
COULDN’T RAISE A DIME BECAUSE
YOUR MOUTH IS WORKING OVERTIME
AND BRAIN ON VACATION.
>> YOU ARE READING.
>> I WENT ON TWITTER AND I ASKED
FOR HELP.
FOR HELP. >> THIS IS A CROWD SOURCE LYRIC.
>> I HAVE TO HAVE SOME DEFENSE.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING A
GOOD SPORT AND PREPARING FOR THE
BEAT.
BEAT. SIMON AND GARFUNKEL WHO SAID
THAT’S THE SOUND OF SILENCE.
>> I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY.