As per the EA announcement about Rage, they'd kind of talked about it last week, mentioned the new Twitter account for it, etc, which is how I knew what they were talking about before you posted the news item. I know not every one follows everyone else, but they should at least make sure a press release is being sent out the same time as the corresponding tweet.Twitter isn't a news source, per se. But it can help steer people to the news they would be interested in if utilized properly.

My belief is that Twitter can be used as a source, but not the ONLY source.Lots of news in other genres have been broken on Twitter. However, many news organizations have held off, wanting to get something much more indepth by the person/company/organization. It's easy to interpret a tweet as breaking news.News organizations have to be careful much more. A lot of places want to be the first to break the story, but there has to be a level of getting it right even if it means making one extra phone call or e-mail to fact check.--GCII

As per the EA announcement about Rage, they'd kind of talked about it last week, mentioned the new Twitter account for it, etc, which is how I knew what they were talking about before you posted the news item. I know not every one follows everyone else, but they should at least make sure a press release is being sent out the same time as the corresponding tweet.

Twitter isn't a news source, per se. But it can help steer people to the news they would be interested in if utilized properly.

I have used twitter as a base source in some articles and I have written about twitter itself. I believe that news/information should be used if you are able to get more information about the product/game etc. BUT we should not be making news solely based on what some said in a tweet. Cause you knows how many article we would have about what someone had for lunch. :p

My belief is that Twitter can be used as a source, but not the ONLY source.

Lots of news in other genres have been broken on Twitter. However, many news organizations have held off, wanting to get something much more indepth by the person/company/organization. It's easy to interpret a tweet as breaking news.

News organizations have to be careful much more. A lot of places want to be the first to break the story, but there has to be a level of getting it right even if it means making one extra phone call or e-mail to fact check.

--GCII

Using Twitter as a news source has become ever more useful as the games journalism industry relies on breaking news and getting items first.
Making 'an announcement of an announcement' a news story is pushing things too far but some of the stuff announced is proper news; news that can be used as a good source. The source might be Twitter, but where else can you get direct information from so many community members and industry professionals?
Also, if you don't make it a story, someone else will.