Is Twitter A Reliable News Source

Ever since last semester I have begun to think about twitter in a different light. It all started one day when I was sitting in class and I refreshed my twitter on my phone and at the top of was a tweet from @DRUNKHULK which is a twitter that portrays what the Marvel super hero would say if he was drunk 24/7. The tweet he wrote was GADDAFI DEAD! NO COOL! DRUNK HULK JUST FIGURE OUT HOW SPELL HIS NAME!” I then went to a computer after class and went to a real news site and sure enough the head line was Gaddafi dead. My first thought was that I couldn't believe that I learned about world wide news from a satire account. Then i started to think about how cool it was that we are now able to pass along important world news to the masses. Using twitter allows for news to reach a even larger audience that would never have bothered to turn on a TV or radio to find out what is going on in the world. The best bet is for people  to follow real news channels so they can stay informed on major issues in the world. That way even the casual follower will not be completely in the dark on world events. The big surprise to me was that thousands of people found out about Gaddafi death the same way and most people felt the same way that I did that we should be finding out major news from a comedy account. What It comes down to we can use twitter to inform the masses but we need to make sure we are hearing it from trust worthy sources that are credible.