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^ This I recently read a group of high profile journalists (mainstream media) stating that "Twitter is where we get the news from"... Twitter has become a sor
by joeyspn 8y ago
^ This
I recently read a group of high profile journalists (mainstream media) stating that "Twitter is where we get the news from"...
Twitter has become a sort of real-time news agency. If you follow the correct profiles in your niche/sector not even Reuters can beat the speed of 95% of the events. If there's a newsworthy event, chances are it's first on twitter than in any other media outlet.
- cmroanirgo 8y ago> high profile journalists (mainstream media) stating that "Twitter is where we get the news from"... Wow. This is unbelievably scary. Imho news should be curated & not first to the wires. News should involve individual fact checking and less web of trust. I understand how we consumers might want to listen to a journalist's feed, but journalists using it as a source too? It's nothing but a self referential feedback loop otherwise! One word describes the problem: covfefe
- afiori 8y agoThis is the inevitable long term consequence of click-based revenue. It does not matter if you get the story wrong, if you are the first to publish you still get the money.
- sokoloff 8y agoRelated (and I picked a tweet because that was the two highest google results for the phrase I searched): https://twitter.com/freakonometrics/status/1020557300153704449?lang=en https://twitter.com/freakonometrics/status/10205573001537044...
- zebraflask 8y agoExactly.