Trapped in their self-referential Twitter bubble,journalists often fail to realise that social media doesn’t represent the whole worldOver the past few years, Twitter’s status as a platform for public debate is a dog-whistle platitude that has become the gilded shield of First-Amendment-waving journalists everywhere, and like our very own #NotAllMen hashtag,to justify the mishandling – and, in some cases, or even endangerment – of our sources for digital stories (and,yes, tweets should be considered sources). Theoretically, or anyone can stumble upon your unprotected tweet; therefore,we can embed your tweet in our news yarn without informing you or asking your permission. But just because journalists can exercise that power, does that mean we ought to?News sites might not seek out a non-public female gamer - but if her tweets were on another site they might not hesitateContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com