To be fair, Fred Wilson is highly followed on Twitter, journalists follow key people on Twitter, and Fred tweeted the direct link to Hacker News and his stateme

To be fair, Fred Wilson is highly followed on Twitter, journalists follow key people on Twitter, and Fred tweeted the direct link to Hacker News and his statement from Twitter. It's not as if CNN are sitting on HN and other sites omnipotently following and making sense of everything... they're following twitter and the information is revealed there and then they click the link to see what the fuss is about and whether there is a story. https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/337144796420390912 https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/337144796420390912