Comments on: BBC News Staff Told Get With Social Media or Get Out http://www.insidethecbc.com/bbc-news-staff-told-get-with-social-media-or-get-out/ The official blog of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:31:08 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Don http://www.insidethecbc.com/bbc-news-staff-told-get-with-social-media-or-get-out/comment-page-1/#comment-34891 Don Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:10:20 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=4183#comment-34891 So, rumour ought to be prized more highly than fact. This is why mainstream media are dying. Trying to out-Twitter Twitter or out-Facebook Facebook will only lead to grief. In the past two days, alone, Canadian media have twice been embarrassed by perpetuating hoaxes, trying to confirm "facts" through social media. By all means, embrace social media for what they are. But don't elevate them to a status they do not deserve. "Primary source"? Why even bother with the mainstream media, if you could just check your Twitter account instead? Hey, I heard that the reason Lloyd Robertson was going to retire was so he wouldn't end up dead like Gordon Lightfoot. If I tweet that, does it come true? So, rumour ought to be prized more highly than fact. This is why mainstream media are dying. Trying to out-Twitter Twitter or out-Facebook Facebook will only lead to grief. In the past two days, alone, Canadian media have twice been embarrassed by perpetuating hoaxes, trying to confirm “facts” through social media.

By all means, embrace social media for what they are. But don’t elevate them to a status they do not deserve. “Primary source”? Why even bother with the mainstream media, if you could just check your Twitter account instead?

Hey, I heard that the reason Lloyd Robertson was going to retire was so he wouldn’t end up dead like Gordon Lightfoot. If I tweet that, does it come true?

]]> By: Dwight Williams http://www.insidethecbc.com/bbc-news-staff-told-get-with-social-media-or-get-out/comment-page-1/#comment-34050 Dwight Williams Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:06:40 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=4183#comment-34050 Not much of a surprise there. Not much of a surprise there.

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