Today another Guardian opinion knocking Twitter and social media in general. I check the author and find there is still a Twitter option - Moya Lothian-McLean . Here are a couple of screen shots, first one from her tweet.
Notice the crop so it is harder to find the original. Now my screenshot of a response to this.
My question is what evidence is there that the Guardian opinion has not been read before the tweet was sent? There are several screenshots with quotes that have been selected, probably based on some sort of judgement.
The original tweet was from Colin Hall ( @Ultra_Fox ) . He has a picture of Jeremy Corbyn so may have been influenced by the claim of Twitter influencing delusions on Corbyn chances in 2019 election. The print media were solid for #LiarJohnson and turned out to have more influence on the proper telly.
Anyway I am not going to waste much space on comparing social media and newspapers for objectivity. Today in print I bought a Guardian and a Telegraph. You can do your own research.
Main point still about print decline and how some model of hybrid might work. Checking the Press Gazette I find March 22nd numbers for print circulation. Mail is below a million and less than the Metro.
The interesting bit is in a note below the table-
The above figures do not include the Sun, Times and Telegraph titles which have all chosen to keep their ABC circulations private since the start of 2020. The Guardian and Observer joined them in September 2021.
Then there are various charts that show a trend towards zero some would say.
What is the point of filling up newspapers with knocking copy on social media? Only 28% of UK read Twitter ( half way down second column if you are skipping, no source given ) but some rely on this for opinions and information otherwise hard to find.
Mar 31 Replying to @carolecadwalla
Here on Twitter, Farage isn't given a platform. He's given a grilling. Here we maintain an archive of all the things these grifters ever said. Here, where Russian wages its hybrid warfare, we see what's in plain sight. We don't just recognise hybrid warfare, we wage our own.
Something may turn up later in print if legal constraints change. But it will continue to be the case that journalism needs a hybrid model.