“Social media is driving us all crazy. On Twitter, people only have a few words to express their opinion. They have to formulate pointedly to get as much applause from their fans as possible. There is little room for balance there. Serious debates are therefore rather not possible. On Facebook, the whole algorithm is designed to make people see more and more of what they already think and believe in. This changes the discussion – whether with or without Donald Trump. If I were king for a day, I would ban journalists from being active on Twitter. Because they live in a bubble there.”
– Jim VandeHei, co-founder and CEO of the US news company Axios, in “I would ban journalists from tweeting”, Handelsblatt of December 05, 2019, No. 235
