And rightfully so: Mr. Trump has used Twitter to celebrate American heroes, to praise friends and allies, and to promulgate policy agendas. Most recently, in a series of tweets posted early Saturday morning, Mr. Trump claimed, without offering any evidence, that President Barack Obama tapped his phones at Trump Tower in the month before the election. During the campaign, she received alerts any time Mr. Trump or Mrs. Clinton (or their top campaign aides) tweeted. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOn book leave, though, Ms. Chozick has tried to wean herself off social media. The same journalistic standards — judgments on newsworthiness, veracity and potential repercussions — apply to coverage of Mr. Trump’s tweets as they do to his messages conveyed via other mediums.

Source: New York Times March 06, 2017 13:41 UTC