James Cox delivers news via Twitter

James Cox and I have spoken in the past about his hugely popular @cnnbrk Twitter account, which syndicates CNN’s Breaking News to Twitter followers everywhere. The Guardian even published a story on James’ commitment to keep the feed up to date, and not use it as a personal marketing channel. I love this story because it explains the true value of Twitter—something I get asked about a lot by non-believers. “What is Twitter for?” or, “Isn’t Twitter really worthless?” My standard rebuttal is — When an event happens, Twitter is always the first to report it.

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