There was a time when I believed Twitter was just going to be some kind of fad, which would eventually die out. I was wrong. Twitter has become a great “news” source for many. The New York Times took note of this and established a team of forces to cover the republican and democratic convention. Twitter was used as a platform for the masses to opine on the conventions. It became a pool of saturated opinions. Personally, I do not like to be sold on anything; I like to be given the facts and left to draw my own conclusions. The “facts” were presented with a bias undertone. But I guess that’s the point of Twitter to share one’s opinion with others. The problem is, a person who only gets their news from Twitter, may be misguided. The New York Times Twitter convention coverage was a microcosm of commentary newsrooms like CNN or Fox News, a sound bite of the facts, the rest opinion. Overall, journalists did a decent job delivering the information with their 140-character limitation.
The New York Times did an exceptional job with their multimedia “round-up” coverage. It was fairly accessible and it highlighted the key points of the conventions. The slideshow created a great rapport for the Democratic Party.
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Thierry // Sep 11th 2012 at 10:58 pm
Twitter will likely do more in the next year or two to help the evolution of news than any traditional media outlet could hope to achieve in ten years. But it’s still hard not to be overwhelmed by the constant flood of tweets especially if you’re following a lot of people or watching the conversations in a trending topic.
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