Should DU block Twitter?

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45. twitter doesn't write the articles, the folks posting them on twitter do, though

...twitter doesn't control content, so it's just sophistry to suggest anyone is being informed by 'twitter.'

There is nothing more compromised than the google search, btw. Not only is it limited to what google chooses to offer you after you put in your search terms, it's almost always dominated by right wing sources. It just is. There's really no dispute about that.

Google promotes almost exclusively conservative sources. Used to be that you could find alternative news there (not mainstream) if you clicked on the 'blog' link. That's no more. Not only is google limited, it's deliberately biased toward conservative news. It just is.

Twitter, on the other hand, allows myriad voices into the search on their site. You should try it sometimes. That's where you'll find voices of advocacy and dissent, and that's where the vast majority of the journos influencing the news today center their outreach and promote their work; not only their articles, but most often their personal views, many times challenged by the readers on twitter who respond to clarify, or sometimes alter their views.

You can't get that experience anywhere else, and it's not really surprising that people who don't participate there have such a myopic view of the state of news and discussion, especially if all they rely on is network news, blanket news orgs, or even just DU.