Romm's Twitter Bugaboo

Journalists shouldn't be twittering, as complex topics deserve more than short tweets for intelligent discussion.

Written byKeith Kloor
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I love it. The blogger who goes on endlessly in blog posts inveighs against tweeting:

Journalists simply shouldn't be twittering on science or other subjects that require more than 140 characters to discuss intelligently, which is pretty much every topic.

It makes total sense: it often takes Romm thousands of words to make the same point that others can distill in two sentences. If I was him, I'd feel threatened by Twitter too.

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