to the editor: re <u+201c> if trump tweets it, is it always news? a quandary for the news media <u+201d> (news article, nov. 30): so donald trump likes to tweet. i get that. but the media needs to stop accepting this as the new normal for receiving and then reporting on <u+201c>information.<u+201d> it<u+2019>s very one-sided. you can<u+2019>t ask face-to-face questions of a tweet (mr. trump<u+2019>s plan all along, i<u+2019>m sure). journalists and the media just ponder and postulate and chase their tails and regurgitate what mr. trump wants us all to hear and accept. this is not journalism. the media need to start demanding access to this guy on a regular basis. melanie curry portland, ore. to the editor: you note that hope hicks, a spokeswoman for president-elect donald trump, declined to say for now whether mr. trump would move his twitter musings to the white house<u+2019>s official twitter account from his own account. does this pose a risk of hacking or a security breach <u+2014> similar to what mr. trump criticized hillary clinton for, using her own server for emails? his tweets could at some point be construed to contain or allude to classified information. might using his own account allow a way around white house security to hack into classified correspondence? is this something that is being addressed? alison b. rea new york to the editor: i have been following donald trump for about a year now on twitter. he and i agree on pretty much nothing, but i have gotten great insight into the man by reading his blunt tweets. they serve as vivid quick looks into how mr. trump perceives the world. mr. trump<u+2019>s use of twitter after the inauguration will provide me with a direct communication link to the president. i can read and interpret his messages directly, without third-party spin. i can reply-tweet instantly to share my thoughts, which i think is insanely democratic. there is a huge upside to mr. trump<u+2019>s tweets. pietro allar forest hills, queens to the editor: every time i check the top stories in the times, it<u+2019>s all about donald trump. i am suffering from trump exhaustion. you must know by now that he wants to be center stage 24/7. please, for the love of all that is good and holy, pare down the unnecessary coverage. if you cover every single tweet, what are you not covering? i feel as if i<u+2019>m missing real news. put the reins on and pace yourselves. we still have four more years of him. laurie dohrmann mesa, ariz. a version of this letter appears in print on december 2, 2016, on page a24 of the new york edition with the headline: how the media covers the president-elect<u+2019>s tweets. today's paper | subscribe
how the media covers donald trump<u+2019>s tweets
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