"Does anyone find it amusing that Facebook and Twitter, which are basically venues for cheap entertainment, are now considered an important part of democracy by

"Does anyone find it amusing that Facebook and Twitter, which are basically venues for cheap entertainment, are now considered an important part of democracy by this author? If both these sites didn't exist people would go to Reuters, NYT, Imgur, etc directly. And nothing of value would be lost." I value my ability to post articles that I think are important on Facebook, and to comment on them. Many others probably do too.