&gt; That might sound like the ravings of an addict, but look at the headlines in every morning’s newspaper and the obsessions of every evening’s cable news broadcast.<p>The reason for that is simple. Twitter is a tremendous resource for (hate to use this phrase) lazy journalists. It gives them content and material and does their work for them. What&#x27;s there not to like? It&#x27;s important for journalists, bloggers, tv newspeople really anyone in the media. Of course they like it and see it as essential.