Yet again, I feel compelled to say a few things about Twitter comments, or rather the use of Twitter comments in other news items.
If I was penning a newspaper article and added commentary based on what I heard in the pub last night, readers would be quite surprised and probably never read another piece again. However, it is becoming almost normal to add selected Twitter comments by Mr Shouty Person to any old article, somehow assuming it adds something to the article rather than diminishing it.
We also see this at the end of every local news bulletin, the broadcaster somehow kidding themselves that these people represent the views of the masses and 'are involved'. What a load of tosh, they are just the opinionated shoutys from the pub.
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