Thank goodness I’m not a Twitter user. Sure, I secured my namespace, but that’s it – not following anybody, nobody following me… Nope. …don’t even have it installed on my iPhone.

I have to ask myself why so many people, (supposedly there are millions of ’em), place such great significance on the random thoughts of other people? …and since when did an arbitrary 140 character limit magically elevate the profundity of these random thoughts?

Haiku – 17 poetic syllables – now that’s a constraint I can live with! Sublime.

Twitter – claptrap limited by a technological constraint in the SMS specification. Dumb.

Apparently the media, now thoroughly humbled by the much-ballyhooed collective ‘fail’ of Biblical proportions, (a.k.a. predicting the outcome of the 2016 presidential election), has been engaging in round after round of soul-searching since the early morning hours of November 9th. I’ve already weighed in on the public breast-beating here, so let’s focus on what constitutes honest-to-goodness news, (and worthy of amplification in the media), vs. the complete and utter bullsh*t spewing forth on Twitter 99.999% of the time.

I’ve grown tired of journalists, (and commentators, and moderators, and reporters), lamenting the categorical destruction of previously-respected societal “norms” by President-elect Trump. Sorry folks, those longstanding norms are still there, and they need to be respected. …if not by President-elect Trump, then most assuredly by you, the men and women the rest of the nation relies upon for legitimate, fact-based, relevant reporting of noteworthy – and newsworthy – events. Heaven forbid, a naughty little rule-breaker! …yeah, more like a morbidly obese, narcissistic, 70-year-old bully.

Stop whining. Start enforcing [those societal norms].

Here’s a prescription for the media: cease breathlessly reporting anything – and I do mean anything – you find on Twitter. Relegate this ridiculous social media platform to the bottom of the heap in terms of being regarded as a legitimate source of material when reporting noteworthy, (and newsworthy), events to the general public.

Hey journalists, commentators, moderators, reporters, listen up! Time to apply equal – and opposing – pressure to the bully! …and don’t assume the role of a goddamned victim. You’re not! Remember who has the microphone – and I’m talking about the real microphone here – it’s not the President-elect. It’s you.

Trump. Tweet. Troll.