Tweets Are Not Journalism But Succinct Unverified Hearsay; Time to Treat Them Accordingly

Childish public discourse can be attributed to SMS-sized nonsense posted in a hurry by career provocateurs, not grown-ups (becoming a waste of time for actual reporters who spend hours/days correcting the record after these go 'viral'); this is killing responsible journalism, necessitating a rethink

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