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One of the several things that bothers me about Twitter is that news agencies now use it as a source of react quotes. A private company showing the opinions of
by vacri 10y ago
One of the several things that bothers me about Twitter is that news agencies now use it as a source of react quotes. A private company showing the opinions of people unrelated to the event is now a 'news source'.
- gwright 10y agoNews agencies are generally private companies and often mix 'news' with punditry which often includes opinions of people unrelated to the event.
- vacri 10y agoYeah, I know the wire services are private companies, but news shows don't advertise "And now we turn to Reuters" as part of their show, and the wire service articles go through an editorial process. I'd disagree with the amount of unrelated opinion on the wire services, though - new shows never did anything like Twitter-level opinion with their Associated Press feed, for example.