> the fact pictures and video can be taken in real time, you can then come to a conclusion that is close to the truth. Sure, but a live video stream of newswo

> the fact pictures and video can be taken in real time, you can then come to a conclusion that is close to the truth. Sure, but a live video stream of newsworthy events represents a minuscule fraction of social media "reporting" and isn't even really representative of journalism in general since it's usually just an ad-hoc video from a citizen who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Even then, the conclusions drawn from citizen videos are often extremely contentious either because they are incomplete or just poorly shot (perhaps with the videographer leaving their own hysterical or biased commentary as a narration of events)