Twitter is NOT a Lazy Journalist’s Replacement for Vox Pop

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Pilfering Twitter user updates may soon replace speaking with the man on the street, if some journalists have their way. Twittering may be the hot new social networking trend all the cool kids are doing nowadays but it’s also proving to be an excellent information mine for lazy journalists in an age where traditional media struggles to keep up with the rise of online citizen journalism.

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