Swine flu creates controversy on Twitter
"This is a good example of why [Twitter is] headed in that wrong direction, because it's just propagating fear amongst people as opposed to seeking actual solutions or key information," said Brennon Slattery, a contributing writer for PC World. "The swine flu thing came really at the crux of a media revolution."
Twitter's popularity has exploded in recent months, and Slattery said it's a new development that a wide number of people would turn to ...
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This story mostly focuses on Twitter, the blog that has put misguided information regarding the recent epidemic of swine flu. This piece reveals criticism towards Twitter, regarding it as providing false information on numbers of deaths and cases of the epidemic. It accuses Twitter of lacking information, but fails to provide significant information on swine flu itself. It serves mainly as an attack on others reporting without addressing the issue directly themselves. I don't find this piece necessarily recommendation-worthy, there are far better reports on this epidemic.