Twitter's Trump Stain

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4.0 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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New York Times contributing writer and Recode co-founder Kara Swisher as well as Pundit and Author Ann Coulter join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Swisher discusses the mess Twitter has put itself in allowing Trump to continue to peddle conspiracy theories via the platform. Then, Coulter talks about her recent tweet storm about the President, the Alabama Senate race, and her love for Jeff Sessions.

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0:00.0	I'm Michael Isgov, Chief Investigative Correspondent for Yahoo News.
0:03.1	And I'm Dan Clyde, Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo News.
0:05.4	And a quick reminder that you can follow us at SkullDuggeryPod.
0:09.9	And by the way, if you've got any questions, thoughts, ideas you want to share,
0:14.1	tweet right at us. Now let's get on with the show.
0:20.7	Even by Donald Trump's standards, the tweets were appalling.
0:24.0	Six times this month, the president took to his favorite social media platform
0:28.0	to suggest that a young woman who once worked for one of his media critics,
0:31.9	former Florida Congressman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough may have been murdered.
0:37.5	Never mind that her death was ruled a tragic accident years ago.
0:41.8	And there is an ounce of evidence to suggest anything else.
0:46.1	Now, after a heart-rendering letter from the former Scarborough staffer's husband,
0:50.8	the spotlight is on Twitter about what, if anything, it will do,
0:55.6	about the president's tasteless conspiracy mongering.
0:58.8	We'll talk to Cara Swisher, one of the most influential writers about all things Silicon Valley,
1:04.3	on our powerful New York Times op-ed, headlined Twitter must cleanse the Trump stain.
1:10.0	And we'll talk to right-wing provocateur and longtime Trump backer and culture
1:14.7	about her recent tweet storm calling the president, quote,
1:18.2	a complete moron on this episode of Skull Duggery.
1:29.0	Because people have got to know whether or not they're president of the crop.
1:32.0	Well, I'm not a crop.
1:32.9	I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage.
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