Casey Newton

Casey Newton @CaseyNewton

@BrendanNyhan my take: academics have extremely rigorous citation standards upon which their entire careers depend, and journalists operate more by an honor system / yelling on Twitter. so the fight is really about context collapse, with each trying to get the other to live by their rules — PolitiTweet.org

Casey Newton @CaseyNewton

@pt to be clear, i’m not saying there’s a direct connection between this issue and specific regulations. it’s that the create an environment of mistrust and disdain that lawmakers try to take advantage of — PolitiTweet.org