News Outlets Grapple with Twitter, User Videos

Twitter has gotten a lot of kudos for how it became a communications channel for the Iran election protests, especially when traditional news outlets failed, but a recent study from Zogby found that only 4% of Americans would turn to Twitter for news.

Is the study reliable and how are TV networks like CNN dealing with getting scooped on Twitter? Also, how are networks vetting information from citizens on the ground?

Daisy Whitney

Editor's Note: The video on this page is Daisy's weekly episode of the New Media Minute. It is published and sponsored separately from Beet.TV where Daisy is a regular contributor and video producer. Andy Plesser

By Daisy Whitney on July 1, 2009 @daisywhitney

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