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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Trudeau jumped the gun for sure on his condemnation, but that's the reality of social media and rabid press. In the old days a political leader would simply say "Hey we're looking into it, we'll come back to you when we have more information". Now because of the social media machine with the most horrific and graphic pictures and videos posted, while you as a leader watching social media see's the first wave of public opinion feel the need to ride that wave and make an immediate statement.
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Yeah, this is a big problem. With the news cycle now happening in real-time, the terminally online expect an immediate response (‘this happened
four hours ago - what are they waiting for!?”). The credibility of both news and official response to news suffers.