Traditional Media vs. Twitter for News

[Steve Garfield]

JD Lasica wrote up a recap of Digital Hollywood and in it he talks about getting news:

I repeated my mantra that the "filter" (gatekeeper role) of the traditional media can serve a beneficial purpose but more often than not turns into a conventional wisdom echo chamber where self-appointed gasbags declare winners and losers and play up or ignore news stories on their own whims, with little rhyme or reason. To get a gauge of a segment of the public's thinking on the election, don't turn on CNN, MSNBC or Fox, but turn to election.twitter.com. I also repeated my admonition for users not to take items at face value because they read it on the Internet. The responsibility has been passed on to us to vet and fact-check blog posts and email rumors — you know about Snopes.com, right? — before passing them along to friends or co-workers.