Is Twitter The New Walter Cronkite?
Twitter has been declared the most popular word of 2009 meaning, I presume, that in less than 12 months the act of Twittering has gone so mainstream that even your parents probably know what you’re talking about. It also means, I suppose, that this is how a whole lot of people are getting their breaking news these days — from the collective voice of God, as it were. The last time the nation got its breaking news from one person is arguably when news legend Walter Cronkite was manning the CBS News desk (and yes I know there were other network new anchors at the time, but can you name any of them?). So perhaps it’s not a surprise that TechCrunch saw fit to draw a direct comparison between the two. The difference is that had the Kennedy assassination happened today, it would not have taken 38 minutes from the time of President Kennedy being declared dead to the time Cronkite broke the news on the air. Actually, it may have. But it would have been reported on services like Twitter much soo
