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Bill Press: On Twitter, anything goes — even murder accusations

Given two disgusting options, it’s hard to tell which is worse: Donald Trump’s accusing Joe Scarborough of murder, or Twitter’s giving him an unfettered platform to do so.

Trump has long used Twitter to spew his hatred of everything and everybody who doesn’t worship the ground he walks on. His ugly tweets — more than 50,000 so far, according to CBS News — are there for the whole world to see: defaming women (especially), people of color (repeatedly), Democrats, Republicans,

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