Many have come to grips with the fact that social media doesn’t always represent the actual feelings of the nation as a whole. While 1130 WISN host Jay Weber is in that camp, he does believe social media can be useful for talk radio hosts.
Weber noted that his social media feeds were full of the same story over the weekend — President Joe Biden mispronouncing the name Laken Riley, the murdered Augusta University student, at the State of the Union.
While discussing the topic, Weber shared that he understands the perception that social media doesn’t reflect real life, he’s cognizant that it can be a helpful tool for choosing the right content on his show.
“We know that social media is not real life. We know that what’s on social media doesn’t necessarily accurately depict what’s really going on in most of America or how most Americans view something,” said Weber. “But social media does at least reflect society. And by that I mean what’s on social media is at least a gauge of what many Americans are talking about or what different segments of society are focusing on.”
The Jay Weber Show host criticized Biden for his regret in using the term “illegal” to describe Riley’s killer, but not apologizing for mispronouncing the victim’s name.
“Folks, Biden got Laken’s name wrong, and then apologized to her killer instead of her family! This isn’t the sort of thing that I would normally hop onto, as all of the other conservative talkers and influencers have. It’s the sort of emotional angst that some talking heads and conservative organizations only want to focus on.
“But the reaction this series of flubs Biden made over the last few days has not only gone viral, it has hit a level that we may need a new term for. It went super-viruses. It went ‘pandemic.'”
