CNN boldly quotes Twitter user as a "source"
Gawker: http://bit.ly/5YWPZ
Computing | by Samuel Axon | Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:55PM | 1 comment
Mainstream news outlet CNN cited a Twitter user as "one source" in an article about the situation in Iran, raising some questions about what constitutes a valid source for a journalistic publication. It's difficult for a news network to verify the identity of a Twitter user, or to confirm whether or not his or her tweets are factual.
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Latest Tweets about this story:
- samgavindotcom - RT @askforgiveness: CNN is America's go-to source for people reading Twitter out loud
- stefispice - RT @askforgiveness: CNN is America's go-to source for people reading Twitter out loud
- askforgiveness - CNN is America's go-to source for people reading Twitter out loud
- alphabethsoup - @zeropergallon yeah. and I think CNN should stop using Twitter as its primary news source too. Shrug.
- songkat - @robsigns62 I read news story earlier this week on CNN that cited Twitter as their source. Journalism dying, yep.
- ImAfterdotcom - On Twitter: #News #Business Dollar extends gains (source: CNN) http://bit.ly/6LqzWf http://bit.ly/cLoGb7
- JasonNASA - @AuroraNebulosa I actually find that twitter itself too is a great source. I see things here before it hits CNN
- itsyourbiz - Twitter In The News http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/03/16/n_twitter_ceo_sxsw.cnnmoney/?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin
- twitt3rnews - CNN Displays Anti-Semitic and Anti-Israel Twitter Comments - Source: NewsBusters.org http://ow.ly/16PhZm
- marinastenfors - CNN on Twitter's new platfom @anywhere: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/03/16/n_twitter_ceo_sxsw.cnnmoney/?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin
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Anonymous (11:13 AM on Wed Jul 1, 2009)
This is the same with any other news source...how can they know if you or I would be telling the truth....people lie and its sad...but thats the gray part of life....its just not black and white.