Wall St Journal: Twitter haste = news waste
"Fast is good so long as it's not inaccurate and misleading"
Roll down Wall St. Journal's Twitter feed and you see this "Breaking News" from Washington: "Supreme Court stirkes down Sarbanes-Oxley, the anti-fraud law."
Wow! But Not True. Reuters quickly Twittered a less misleading summary: "Sarbanes-Oxley auditing board ruled unconstitutional."
Next, the New York Times got it right: "Supreme Court Stikes Down Part of Sarbanes-Oxley"
Later the Journal clarified: "Sarbanes-Oxley 'remains fully operative as a law.'"
Asks Philadelphia's own investor Josh Kopelman: "Did the WSJ take headline writing lessons from @BusinessInsider?"
Leaving Reuters' Felix Salmon to smirk down his nose: "The dangers of a flagship Twitter feed: Fast is good so long as it's not inaccurate and misleading."