Those who cannot remember to report news on social media … are condemned to retweet it. Yeah, I know; somewhere in heaven, George Santayana is throwing his “World’s Greatest Philosopher” coffee cup at the wall, cursing yet another mangling of his famous saying about those who ignore history. But it seemed to fit, considering a famous TV reporter made news this week for tweeting a news tidbit that his employer felt he shouldn’t have, even though that same employer has probably been encouraging everyone working for it to jump on the Twitter express.
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Social Media, Politics and Much Ado About Tweeting
Posted by: Renay San Miguel September 18, 2009 04:00 AMThose who cannot remember to report news on social media … are condemned to retweet it. Yeah, I know; somewhere in heaven, George Santayana is throwing his “World’s Greatest Philosopher” coffee cup at the wall, cursing yet another mangling of his famous saying about those who ignore history. But it seemed to fit, considering a famous TV reporter made news this week for tweeting a news tidbit that his employer felt he shouldn’t have, even though that same employer has probably been encouraging everyone working for it to jump on the Twitter express.