(1) I’m curious if part of the problem is that the marginal cost of gathering information through Twitter is so much lower, that it’s practically irresistible f

(1) I’m curious if part of the problem is that the marginal cost of gathering information through Twitter is so much lower, that it’s practically irresistible for increasingly cash constrained media outlets. Traditional modes of journalism are costly and myopic: traveling a journalist around the country, and interviewing people individual by individual.. it’s no wonder they’re drawn to a (free!) place that aggregates public sentiment from the comfort of your desk (2) Too much in comparison to what. I can assure you they pay too much attention to Twitter in comparison to my preference, but I’m not sure that’s a meaningful comparison. How should journalists decide “how much” attention to pay to any source? I don’t think there’s consensus on this, which is a deeper problem than twitter itself