Twitter was essential to the rise of Black Lives Matter — and also was a useful platform for former president Donald Trump. Trump is now off Twitter, but it remains a powerful tool for movements and activists, particularly on the left and outside both parties’ establishments. Baquet repeatedly emphasized during the Trump years that his paper was not part of the Democratic “resistance.”AdvertisementOf course the media should be independent. During Trump’s presidency, the Times and CNN played an important role in signaling to the nation that he was behaving in extreme and at times anti-democratic ways. After four years of Trump, including an attempt to overturn the election results, I’m surprised and disappointed I have to keep writing that.

Source: CNN April 20, 2022 20:22 UTC