It’s been about a year since Washington’s love affair with Twitter began, but not everyone is so enamored.
“I don’t pay attention to it whatsoever,” said old school journalist Cokie Roberts when asked if she followed blogs, Twitter and Facebook. “Life is too short, and I really don’t see any use.”
Her response received a burst of applause from the oldish crowd gathered at the Newseum Tuesday for a screening of the 1940 newspaper flick, “His Girl Friday.” The event and discussion were part of American University’s Reel Journalism series, hosted by veteran newsman and AU professor Nick Clooney.
Out of all the social media Web sites, Roberts, a senior analyst for National Public Radio and an ABC News political contributor, found Twitter to be the biggest offender.
“Twitter is just rude,” she said. “The idea that people are sitting in a presidential speech in Congress, members of Congress are sitting there Twittering and we’re putting it on the air, I just find that appalling.”
