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I don't see the connection. It is true that there are relatively few Twitter users, but those users tend to be exactly the kind of people that make news - politicans, celebrities, etc.

So if anything it makes even more sense that news outlets would use Twitter as a source.

My take on these numbers is producers versus consumers.

Tweets are production, however limited. Or for push/pull model, Talking Tom is all pull, Twitter has some push.

Maybe it will make them start getting Talking TomCat to do their video segments.