It is a sad statement on our world when the off-the-top-of-the-head blasts of social media are considered more accurate and believable than the products of the professional “journalists”. Instead of going to a newspaper and expecting an in depth article explaining an issue we have millions turning to twitter with its 140 character comments. The real problem is that there are probably more accurate facts in the tweet than in the front page journalism.
The fact that it is sad does not make it any less true. You heard it here on a form of social media.
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I tend to believe many of the bloggers I read regularly. Can't say the same for mainstream media, which is probably why I only check them out to see what they are lying about this week.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are already considering the source.
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