As Hillary Clinton’s 9/11 fainting episode rocks the 2016 campaign, neither Twitter’s nor Facebook’s trending topics module reflects the public discussion currently underway on this important story.
Here’s Facebook, as of 12:45 p.m. New York City time:
And here’s Twitter at the same time:
Are the social networks once again managing what stories they find appropriate for consumption by the American public?
More on this story as it develops.
UPDATE, 7 p.m.: While #HillarysHealth has finally surfaced on Twitter, Facebook — as of 7 p.m. New York City time — is still not featuring the news on its Trending news feature (though the U.S. Open has emerged as major topic):