Journalists: Please stop taking social media seriously. It vastly misrepresents the importance of issues. People that actually have opinions worth talking abou

Journalists: Please stop taking social media seriously. It vastly misrepresents the importance of issues. People that actually have opinions worth talking about don't have time to engage heavily in it, either because they are experiencing real difficulties or are too busy actually being productive. Traditional channels (radio, the pulpit etc.) all have some sort of barrier for those who wish to broadcast. Some kind of credibility, accomplishment or urgency has to be present for the chance to be heard. This is a feature. Posting a tweet has no credibility whatsoever. Just treat it like 4chan.