Cleveland Indians Pitcher Rips Apple and Twitter For ‘Flood(ing) My Phone With…Anti Trump Articles’
Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer follows just 15 users from his verified Twitter account. Some are sports accounts, others focus on cars or drones. None appear to be political in nature.
But despite that, the pitcher claims he is inundated with what he terms to be “liberal slanted anti trump (sic) articles,” for which he blames Twitter and Apple.
Really annoyed that @Apple and @Twitter continue to flood my phone with liberal slanted anti trump articles. fair and equal reporting? No?
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 9, 2017
A follower Tweeted to inform Bauer that the content a user sees on the social media platform is based on the accounts they follow. Bauer replied:
@wdfenstermaker @Apple @Twitter I don’t follow any news and yet I still get liberal ? delivered to my phone. Hmmm
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 9, 2017
Bauer then proceeded to get into an at-times contentious back-and-forth with his followers over various matters relating, directly or indirectly, to President Donald Trump. Here’s a sampling of the heated exchange:
@ctown2thdoc @Apple @Twitter MAGA
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 10, 2017
@soshnigod oh so now because I don't agree with you I should die. Perfect example of the problem with this country
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 10, 2017
@AndrewZelman almost all of my teammates support trump sooooo
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 10, 2017
@RedSoxfan_101 690% of them are trump supporters.
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 10, 2017
@knowitall143 @Apple @Twitter I do. I know exactly what my phone gets on a daily basis. That's what I tweeted about. HUSH SON
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 10, 2017
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