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The most infuriating thing is that an article can take absolutely any stance on an issue simply by cherry picking tweets to go along with it. News has become a
by whycome 3y ago
The most infuriating thing is that an article can take absolutely any stance on an issue simply by cherry picking tweets to go along with it.
News has become a weird kind of curation market. And the funny thing about this payment arrangement that publishers want is that they are not paying any of those tweeters who may be breaking the news or themselves curating the info.
- dylan604 3y agoWhy would you pay someone for a tweet? They posted it for free. Collecting tweets isn't journalism. Asking the user for more than 140 chars about what they are witnessing along with multiple others would then be closer to journalism. Tweets are just people self identifying who journalists could be interviewing. The interview allows for follow up to the tweet.
- EasyMark 3y agoIf I see tweets in any article other than tweets from the people that the article is about, I will throw that news site in the dust bin. Using tweets as evidence or as anything important tells me that news site is definitely in a death spiral. I think the only place I put up with it is on the local news and even then I'm gritting my teeth.