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| The Daily Mail 8/19/21 |
The Washington Post was condemned over a story calling the Taliban’s use of social media ‘strikingly sophisticated,’ while claiming that the group's internet presence did less to incite violence than Donald Trump did.
In a story published Wednesday, reporters Craig Timberg and Christiano Lima praised the Taliban's online tactics - including a regularly-updated Twitter feed, as showing 'such a high degree of skill,' that they believed a PR firm had been drafted in to help them get their extremist message across, just like regular politicians in democracies.
The most well-known Taliban Twitter 'spokesman' is Suhail Shaheen, who provides updates on the hardline Islamic group's progress to 360,000 followers.
His continued presence on the social media site has sparked fury amid reports of extreme violence being meted out by the group in Afghanistan, while Donald Trump was banned after being blamed for inciting the US Capitol riots.
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