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A PGA veteran’s callous joke about blackface and Tiger Woods turned into a lesson on empathy — The Undefeated. ⁦@mwontheair⁩ has written an amazing and powerful story. It is worth taking the time to read and share. Really beautiful. Amazing really https://t.co/Duw1lR0TxZ — PolitiTweet.org

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Insanity. There is no greater gift to Trump and the forces of extremism in America than idiocy like this. University of Michigan’s President should be ashamed. Pathetic and profoundly un American. — PolitiTweet.org

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If it’s ok to wear that jacket in public it might really be the end times. @georgehahn. — PolitiTweet.org

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when I see members of Congress asking Tech Executives questions the only thought running through my head is dread around my next tech interaction with my parents. It is brutal to watch. There are a handful at most, who have any clue what they are talking about — PolitiTweet.org

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Always great to be on with you. — PolitiTweet.org

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Always great to join @NicolleDWallace on @DeadlineWH on @MSNBC. We are talking about GOP extremism and the need to confront it realistically. Hope you can watch — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FrancesHaugen: Here is the full text of my opening statement to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation: https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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That is why reading the stories and books like “An Ugly Truth” @ceciliakang @sheeraf are so essential. They give a foundation to understand the mendacity of a Trillion $ company run by an autocratic moral infant and the damage his dorm room monstrosity is doing to our society. — PolitiTweet.org

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benign and the damage it is causing is not incidental or providential. Understanding how it works is essential. It is essential to understand the nature of all threats. Threats to the nation and our peace and prosperity are amongst the most dangerous threats of all. — PolitiTweet.org

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every “I know” question in search of the safety of “ I think” and “I feel” answers. In the end, all of the spokespeople are defending a proposition as ludicrous as Sean Spicers crowd size lie. Facebook is unique. Specifically, it is uniquely dangerous and powerful. It is not — PolitiTweet.org

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types of questions. @SRuhle delivered a perfect “I feel” question to Facebooks Antigone Davis who exposed herself and the company with an “I know” declaration that was as ludicrous as it was evasive and dishonest. Monika Bickert and the other Facebook spokespeople peel out of — PolitiTweet.org

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an “ I know structure” can make the interviewee seem autocratic and arrogant. Relying, on “I think” answers to questions built around eliciting “ I know” to “I feel” responses can leave the interviewee seeming indecisive, weak or lacking empathy. Remember, there are only three — PolitiTweet.org

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Most people prepare for big interviews by talking and rehearsing speech, which is the wrong approach given that listening is the essential skill. Answering an “I know” question with “I feel” answers can make the interviewee seem flaky. Likewise, answering “I feel”questions with — PolitiTweet.org

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When I have had occasion to prepare people for television appearances I give them the following advice. There are only three types of questions. 1. I KNOW 2. I THINK 3. I FEEL questions. Bad answers are almost always a result of responses that are misaligned by category. (1) — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate and House hearings should abandon direct questioning by the Members and rely on expert counsel to pin them down on the truth. — PolitiTweet.org

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that people who live on manicured properties in Atherton can do no wrong. There is a mutually reinforcing culture of moral superiority and smugness that swirls about Silicon Valley. This video was a little sampling. — PolitiTweet.org

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Lastly, I have a psychological observation. Ms. Bickert seems genuinely affronted. She is angry and aggrieved that she must answer questions around intentions. I think this means that Facebook Executives live in a cloistered bubble. It creates a worldview where it is presumed — PolitiTweet.org

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issues that are more important for Americans to understand than how Facebook operates and what its impact is. That is why books like @ceciliakang and @sheeraf “ An Ugly Truth” are essential reading. Silicon Valley spin may seem novel but it’s the same BS as it’s DC cousin. — PolitiTweet.org

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algorithmic malice and greed. Every Facebook spokesperson on television is a profoundly wealthy defender of indefensible public conduct by a trillion dollar company that cannot and must not be trusted. Every assertion should be challenged. Every lie confronted. There are few — PolitiTweet.org

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must realize that he is a couple of interviews away from crewing a yacht around the Isle of Wright with Tony Hayward, so it is likely we will all be seeing more of Ms. Bickert as these scandals grow and the malevolence of Facebook is confronted by the society it has ravaged with — PolitiTweet.org

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Safety partners, safety experts, and safety studies. A blizzard of words and empty assertions delivered with confidence can accomplish amazing results such as when Bickert is able to casually assert that Social Media makes the teenagers feel better about themselves. @nickclegg — PolitiTweet.org

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mistake that is a warning to the next Whistleblower. After the interview Bickert was likely congratulated by a team of handlers, each ecstatic that she was able to label the incriminating documents as stolen. Each question was adroitly deflected towards — PolitiTweet.org

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offenders, abusers of children. This is deliberate and rehearsed. It was discussed. It’s premeditated. So is the decision to not use @FrancesHaugen’s name. It dehumanizes her. She’s a “former employee”. Her identity beyond the Facebook campus has been erased and make no — PolitiTweet.org

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experts and believe it or not we even hired some of them.” At the beginning she credentials herself, not by explaining what it is that she does, but rather by what she once did. She presents herself as a public servant, a Prosecutor, specifically a prosecutor of the worst — PolitiTweet.org

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discussion about Facebook process. The quagmire that results is purposeful. The answers are supposed to be stultifying, boring, inaccessible and incomprehensible. She is skilled at delivering an authoritative, “Don’t worry about it, I got this. We got this. Trust us. We have — PolitiTweet.org

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and credentialed enough to insulate Zuckerberg and Sandberg from the building stories. She is skilled at making declarative assertions that sound credible, real, believable and responsible at first blush. Her confidence and assertiveness quickly pull the interview into a — PolitiTweet.org

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I’d like to unpack this interview and critique it from the perspective of someone who has been involved in many corporate crisis situations. The Harvard Law graduate, Bickert, is clearly viewed as the best and most credible spokesperson at Facebook. She is senior enough — PolitiTweet.org

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Then the Virginia Beach City Council should convene in emergency session to make this hateful, racist harassment illegal. Then the VBPD could arrest the neighbor. What disgraceful and shameful conduct. This should be a national news story and every American should care about it. — PolitiTweet.org

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evasive, gaslighting and obfuscating. The studies, academics and councils are smokescreens. Facebook is a Trillion Dollar company that is a malign force in our society. It’s time to reign it in. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think it is worth noting that all of the Facebook executives on TV drop a personal note, a credential for the purposes of establishing a trust connection. “I’m a mom” “ I was a Prosecutor…” It’s all about saying, Trust Me. Every Facebook Spokesperson on TV is misleading, — PolitiTweet.org