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Trump's use of his own social-media platform, Truth Social, belies its limitations

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68% Informative

Donald Trump has been posting on his own social-media site, Truth Social.

The company's financials have been turbulent since it went public in March .

Trump owns about 60 percent of the company, which puts his on-paper value from it at several billion dollars .

Trump is finding it hard to resist the call of siren of attention from his own site, X.

The FDA approved an updated version of the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna .

At the DNC this week , Democrats have been making much of Tim Walz’s plaid-shirt-and-baseball-hat wardrobe.

At this level of politics, a man dresses down and a woman dresses up, fashion writer Rachel Tashjian writes.

VR Score

63

Informative language

62

Neutral language

51

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

26

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