Despite Fanfare, Only 3% of General Public Use Twitter for News

Traditional news organizations have been making a larger presence on Twitter lately, some with multiple accounts, each for the different sections of the news they cover. I myself follow about a dozen news organizations and twice as many independent journalists. But I’ll be the first to admit that Twitter is not usually my go-to source for news – and that seems to be the case with the majority of Americans, too. According to the latest Pew study, only 3% of Americans use Twitter regularly or sometimes to get their news.

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