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At the intersection of Twitter and print journalism

There's something slightly unsettling about watching Ben Goldacre decide what topic to cover in his next Bad Science column for the Guardian newspaper by asking people who happen to follow him on Twitter what he should write about. But I can't quite put my finger on why it seems odd that the contents of a future newspaper article should get decided this way.

Posted on 17 April 2009 at 09:53 in Newspapers | Permalink

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I'd only follow him in Twitter if he offers tangible incentives for doing so.

Posted by: azala | 15 June 2009 at 22:44

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