Is Twitter Ruining Journalism?

Is our addiction to Twitter ruining journalism? Last week, I saw an article from People.com about Elon Musk, who is the founder of Tesla and SpaceX. It turned out Elon is divorcing his wife (again). The interesting thing about this article was not the content, but the last sentence, which said that Elon Musk did not immediately tweet out a comment about the divorce. Are people's tweets really what journalism is all about now? Are journalists unable to pick up the phone to get a statement about their reports or are they only going to use public tweets as facts? I get it. It's tough to be a journalist these days and budgets are tight. But if you're still a working journalist, you need to hold yourself to a higher standard of reporting. Monitoring the Twitterverse is not journalism, and it's a lazy way of reporting. I hope this isn't the end of journalism as we know it. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/jaybaer00 SPROUT SOCIAL SHOUT OUT Today's Sprout Social shout out goes to Rory Vaden (http://twitter.com/rory_vaden), author of the new book Procrastinate on Purpose (http://www.amazon.com/Procrastinate-Purpose-Permissions-Multiply-Your/dp/0399170626). If you're a busy person with lots of responsibilities (aren't we all?), then you need to pick up this book! OUR SPONSORS Candidio (http://candidio.com), a simple and affordable video production company. Follow @candidio on Twitter. Sprout Social (http://sproutsocial.com), a social media management and analytics company that Jay uses for much of his social media every day. Follow @sproutsocial on Twitter. ABOUT JAY TODAY Jay Today is a video podcast with 3-minute lessons and commentary on business, social media and digital marketing from New York Times best-selling author and venture capitalist Jay Baer. Join Jay daily for insights on trends, quick tips, observations and inspiration at http://bit.ly/JayToday.