on to that bonfire every year. they just don t normally look like the teenagers in maga hats. that happens all the time on social media right, kate? all the time you see these viral videos and come to find out that something is different or not exactly how it is framed. katie: the effects and use of social media, especially platforms like twitter being hotly debated after more than a dozen covington catholic high school students were accused of being racist and harassing a native american protester. the social media hurting society? let s bring in our panel tom ceersing and author of disconnected how to reconnect our digitally distracted kids. chris ruby strategist and kurkurt knutsson is cyber by. no distraction in our lives right now. what has happened we have gotten the d.n.a. of social media requires all these social media companies
where have you this social media mob mentality that really is perpetuated by the media tweeting out this false information. it s really actually, you know, very unfortunate and disgraceful. and i think that the main challenge here with social media today and the new reality that we have to accept is that you are guilty until proven innocent. katie: right. you are the judge jury and punishment all in one. katie: tom, if you could kill baby twitter so it did not exist today? would do you that. i read that tweet and the first comment from that tweet was some guy out there, okay, who didn t think like kurt was saying. people are not thinking. they are reacting. that s what makes it subliminal. goes to the unconscious that people are acting emotionally. this individual responded to that and he put something if i had extra bullets i would kill baby fox news or something like that. that s first comment on twitter. perfect example of the outpour of thoughtless people they are reacting in e