"'[I]n the social media world that we’re in, where there is growing scepticism of elites, it would make sense for public figures to take pro-active and pre-emptive control of their own narratives by being as upfront about their circumstances as possible,' Professor Kenneth Paul Tan of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, told me over email. 'Otherwise, they can become easy targets and even victims of suspicion, speculation, and disinformation, which—even if totally untrue— will be very difficult to dispel completely.'"
