Twitter #pressdebate conversation has us talking about how social media is used in traditional media. What do you think?
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By: Nick Manes (nickmanes) on February 26th, 2011 at 11:04 pm I do not particurally find anything unethical with using tweets as part of traditional media. I don't even necessarily find it lazy. I think it can add some context. However I do have an issue when Twitter (or other social media) is the only source used, as appears to be the case with the story that started #pressdebate. There is no reporting going on when that is the case. It seems kind of ironic that so many "legitimate" journalists give citizen journalism and bloggers a hard time, but then go publish stories that just use social media as a source.
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