Blog: Ted Cruz’s social media obsession is a problem for us all – By Ja’han Jones (MSNBC) / March 24, 2022
The Republican’s questions during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearings show he’s more focused on going viral than doing his job.
Even before the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson began, there was little doubt Republicans would use the occasion to make headlines, rather than conduct genuine inquiries into her qualifications.
Some viewers accused Republicans of simply “doing it for the ‘Gram” or — to put it another way — going on theatrical diatribes that might play well to their base in snippets posted on social media. The obsession with creating content that agitates or arouses is a broad problem, encouraged by social media algorithms, that virtually every user experiences.
But it’s a particular problem when the addiction seems to nab lawmakers whose task is to legislate our lives, not focus on going viral.
To quote Cardi B and Offset: “They do anything for clout.”
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