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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:48 PM Original message |
When did TWITTER become the most important source for NEWS? |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I heard Sarah Palin invented Twitter... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Explains the name |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. They just paid homage to her.... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Iran and Twitter... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Twitter and Honduras. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't see a problem. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The twits they were getting tweets from were NOT part of the story |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. When every foreign bureau on the planet shut down. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Exactly. I-Reports and CBS local news.... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. For breaking news, twitter out-performs the M$M. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's crap. They just copy someone else and call it news. It's crap tabloid cheap journalism! n/t |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. It's like reality TV |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Excellent point!!! n/t |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Please limit your posts to 140 characters or less. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That fits with Americans attention span |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. LOL |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's just a mechanism for delivering news |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh, there's real information to be had on Twitter, although |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. It hasn't |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's *fast* |
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