to think tweets are not 'news'

[sarahseashell]

.... and should not be printed in a newspaper

I cringe when I read a serious news story followed by some banal shite tweeted (presumably often not intended by tweeter to be printed to be fair)

YANBU

I hate twitter. Almost as much as Facebook.

YADNBU

I like twitter, but it does seem to encourage some really lazy journalism

Surely whether it is newsworthy depends on who said it and what it is? Just like any other comment in fact. The fact that the comment appeared on Twitter is neither here nor there. Any tweet is already in the public domain, so if people don't want it out there, they shouldn't tweet it.

If we extend the argument to lazy journalism in general, then I think there is a case to answer!

Tweets on Twitter are fine, buts its just lazy churnalism to stick them in newspapers