The New York Times Can't Figure Out How it Feels About Twitter

Bill Keller, The New York Times’ Executive Editor, doesn’t like Twitter. He talks about it making us all stupid and he writes columns explaining how it’s ruining our relationships. Janet Robinson, the Times’ CEO, likes Twitter. Or at least, she likes to talk about how much Twitter likes the Times. Something is amiss.

Forbes reports that Robinson – in a speech to NYU students – boasted about how popular the paper is on the social networking site yesterday:

The New York Times has more than 3 million Twitter followers on its main account.

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