before Trump’s victory. Attorney General William Barr also said as much during a Senate hearing in April: “I am not saying that improper surveillance occurred.” I am a Twitter user, but I don’t take everything as facts just statements – I research the facts. I’ve found if you become selective in whom you follow and who views you there’s less stupidity in your feed. There are too many trolls who are aggressive because they hide behind the anonymity of posting, despite the cruelty of their words. Plus, everyone wants that “15 minutes of fame.” If you aren’t concerned about the number of “views” then you control the type of information received. – Maria Rose R. Andrew Ferguson comment: I commend Maria Rose R. for her intelligent curating of her Twitter feed. If everyone was as restrained and mature as she is in her use of Twitter, Twitter would not be the blight on civilization that it has become. Re: Crazy to buy Greenland? After reading your opening paragraph, I found it difficult to believe anything that you supposedly state as fact. Greenland is certainly not the largest island in the world. You should have clued in when you referred to Australia, four times the land mass of Greenland. Such a simple error makes me wonder... – Laurent C. Buck Sexton comment: Thank you for your fact check, Laurent. Unfortunately, your fact check is wrong! Google “largest island in the world” and see what pops up. Australia is
than one in which only the already powerful can acquire wealth?” On tech and smartphones, I do not like what they have done. It is supposed to be better, but it isn’t. It causes more problems. You get poor reception, poor service, or no service. They are only interested in profit and not good customer service or products! – E.M. P.J. O’Rourke comment: Yes, E.M., I agree. But I would ask you to remember what phone calls were like in the old days, when you had to drag nine miles of extension cord behind you if you needed to get in touch with someone during your morning commute. Re: HowTwitter Destroyed Politics Trump’s tweet about the Obama administration spying on his campaign was spot on. Ferguson needs to catch up on the story. Characterizing Trump’s tweet as wrong is, alas, “fake news.” – CPR Re: your twitter article. It was in fact true that our President was being spied on, as has been proven by much of the congressional testimony. Our Attorney General also confirmed it. Probably should correct that. – Heather B. Andrew Ferguson comment: On March 4, President Donald Trump tweeted that “President Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ just before the victory.” This tweet is wrong in every particular. President Barack Obama did not have Trump’s “wires tapped” just
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