Important to remember that Twitter is not a news source. It’s a recreation ground where people roleplay the personas they think will make them popular, and vent the frustrations of their daily lives by disguising them as political views.
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I get news stories almost instantly after they break and the clear majority of people I follow aren't reporters. The news still spreads among people who are just RTing it and adding biased commentary but it takes me literally 3-5 seconds to find an objective link once I'm aware.
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I'm better off using Twitter than following any single, dedicated news source if my goal is being up to date on global news so I'd say it's an incredibly efficient news source.
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