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    Why George Clooney doesn’t tweet

    Clooney (AP)

    "I don't use Twitter because I tend to drink in the evening, and I don't want anything that I could possibly write at midnight to actually end my career. 'You can kiss my ass.' All spelled wrong."

    -- George Clooney on his reluctance to use social media, during a discussion with Time magazine editor Rick Stengel at the Time-Life Building in New York on Wednesday. The event was billed as a live version of the magazine's "10 Questions." Clooney, who is in town to promote the "Ides of March," his upcoming political thriller, also assessed the state of the news media: "When I was growing up you had three networks, and you basically got the same version of the news from each. Then from there, depending on your political and social views, you would make decisions. Now people go to whatever best represents their beliefs; so I believe people are starting from a different fact base, which I believe polarizes us farther and farther apart."

    The actor, whose activism has led some to believe he may enter politics, scoffed at a run for public office. "I like my job much, much more," Clooney said. "Plus, the White House would be a downgrade [from my house]." CNN's David Gergen can attest to that last part.

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    61 comments

    • August Belflower  •  7 mths ago
      He doesn't needs Social Media, he has all other types of Media.
    • profanity and symbols not ...  •  7 mths ago
      Why would anyone tweet? I celebrate the day it goes the way of the "Baby on Board" car window sign, subject to ridicule and embarrassed admissions that one was ever a participant in such an absurd and useless blip on the radar of pop culture.

      Eventually, all people will look back in utter mortification that they ever followed such inane, lemming-like activities as twitter and facebook..
      • MerriB 7 mths ago
        Profanity, etc - Totally agree. Twitter is for twits.
    • X  •  7 mths ago
      i appreciate his comment about the news, I am sick and tired to have to hear everybody's opinions and predications on events. Just the facts please, all the facts, numbers, interviews on both side etc...we don't even know how many Iraqees we have killed. not one interview of a civilian of both side of the civil war in Libya etc...
    • widdly scuds  •  7 mths ago
      Because Twitter is stupid.
    • John  •  7 mths ago
      He likes his privacy. Does he owe it to the world?
    • socal  •  7 mths ago
      The world has gone so stupid that it is now considered "unusual" for an adult to NOT spend his time sending messages of 140 characters or less about what he had for breakfast.
    • Sean.  •  7 mths ago
      I too would like to post my opinion on how stupid it is to post your opinions.
    • Shane  •  7 mths ago
      Probably because like me, I cant figure out what purpose twitter really serves?! It's just a site for losers who follow their idols around like puppy dogs and the use the information to model their entire personality and wardrobe after their favorite hollywood flunkie. People need to get their own lives and come up with their own sense of style and personality. What a bunch of losers!
      • ABCDE 7 mths ago
        I feel just like you do. It's amazing that people spend all their time following their idols to see if they tweeted some useless piece of informaion.
    • Neturu  •  7 mths ago
      because its stupid?
    • Michael F  •  7 mths ago
      Tweeting is for people who mistakenly believe that other people give a #$%$ about what they think or do.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  7 mths ago
      Slow news day?
    • John  •  7 mths ago
      Clooney doesn't want to get carpel tunnel on his thumbs.
    • Tweetie Bird  •  7 mths ago
      Tweeting's for the birds!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  7 mths ago
      He's got a life!
      He gets laid on the regular.
      He gets paid a king's ransom on the regular.
      Drinks like a fish.
      Skinny dips in Italy. (Probably with fish!)
      Hob nobs with Obama.
      Claps for credit in Darfur.
      Doesn't have kids.

      Hell, it's good to be the king!
      • GozieBoy 7 mths ago
        He has very questionable sexual preference
        He hangs out in the bedrooms of other old geezers, like Silvio Berlusconi
        He hasn't had anything but loser movies in, well, longer than anyone can remember...
      • MerriB 7 mths ago
        GozieBoy - You sound a bit jealous. There's nothing questionable about his sexual preference (unlike you). How would a little urchin like YOU know where someone like HIM hangs out? And his movies are huge hits, except in the opinions of neanderthals like - you guessed it - YOU. Besides he gets paid well for those "loser" movies. He "loses" all the way to the bank.
    • me  •  7 mths ago
      why? because he's got a life maybe?
    • Devil's Advocate  •  7 mths ago
      Because real men don't tweet.
      • gizmo 7 mths ago
        But yet, you comment on the Yahoo boards.

        Yep.
    • s  •  7 mths ago
      George Clooney doesn't tweet, because friends, he's always busy twatting....
    • knighthawk  •  7 mths ago
      He doesn't tweed because he has a real life...good good for you George!
    • Mitt  •  7 mths ago
      Who cares? Tweeting is for the lonely souls out there who don't have a life -both senders and receivers.
    • Cleosues  •  7 mths ago
      As I tell my family and friends, "I don't twitter, #$%$ tweet nor twit"....
      • Neturu 7 mths ago
        So true. I like 3-dimensional people... arguing with a computer screen is ignorant.
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