The internet is the prime medium for people to spout all kinds of opinions with nothing to back it up, hell, I’ve been doing it at road junky for years. So when people start talking about the end of traditional print media it’s easy to assume that it’s all a bit blown out of proportion.

That’s what makes The Media is Dying such a cool Twitter account though and demonstrates the many uses of Twitter as solid proof that the face of journalism is being torn down by the internet. We see Tweet after Tweet about journalists losing their jobs and traditional newspapers closing down.

The buzz surrounding Twitter news does more to promote citizen journalism than the traditional news sources and the closures just keep rolling in.

Last Tweets

Twitted on 4 February 2012, 4:37 pm
themediaisdying: The NYT needs a lot more than a paywall : http://t.co/4JHc8WoQ
Twitted on 4 February 2012, 4:36 pm
themediaisdying: Halifax lays off more than half of staff reporting to former NYT Regional HQ in Tampa http://t.co/xkltpnOC
Twitted on 4 February 2012, 11:58 am
themediaisdying: NYT still shrinking... http://t.co/m9iE393y
Twitted on 3 February 2012, 4:22 pm
themediaisdying: Bay Citizen in Merger Talks With Another Nonprofit - http://t.co/6l61hHqq
Twitted on 3 February 2012, 4:17 pm
themediaisdying: Facebook Plans to Finally Run Mobile Ads : http://t.co/r0o1lM7m #subscriptionoraddedvalueopportunitymuch?
Twitted on 3 February 2012, 11:43 am
themediaisdying: Reuters news agency staff vote for first strike in 25 years - http://t.co/sbqBgQ9b #wowza
Twitted on 3 February 2012, 11:42 am
themediaisdying: Reuters news agency staff vote for first strike in 25 years - http://t.co/sbqBgQ9b
Twitted on 3 February 2012, 10:24 am
themediaisdying: Twitter launches dedicated profile to highlight most innovative uses of the platform by journalists http://t.co/YHrcZUdk (via @craigs)
Twitted on 3 February 2012, 9:05 am
themediaisdying: How Online Paywalls Are Changing Journalism : NPR - http://t.co/iVkXJCHb
Twitted on 2 February 2012, 4:32 pm
themediaisdying: Really recommend Bufferapp - sign up here and help me share good content regularly : http://t.co/b3PCzo9A

Wants to save the world

Al Gore’s Twitter feed has no mention of once almost becoming the US president and focuses instead on his new career of alternative media via the production company Current TV and his mission to awaken the world to the ecological crisis that threatens us all.

Why does he do all of this?

We like to think he actually gives a shit about the planet though it can’t be ruled out that one day he’ll try again for the presidency. Meanwhile he’s still making a difference and with over 300,000 followers on Twitter he can certainly get the word out there.

Al Gore’s Twitter feed mostly relates to new events on Current TV and ecological reports.

Last Tweets

Twitted on 4 February 2012, 11:42 am
algore: Greatly honored to hear the about the Reality of the climate crisis from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Impacts (cont) http://t.co/EtCSl95b
Twitted on 3 February 2012, 3:39 pm
algore: A post from Neko Harbor: Antarctic Glaciers and the Global Water Crisis http://t.co/RtFLdtgh #onthinice
Twitted on 2 February 2012, 2:23 pm
algore: The fate of the Adelie penguins. A post I wrote on @climatereality #onthinice http://t.co/OvKjkY8g
Twitted on 1 February 2012, 10:29 am
algore: A post I wrote on sea level rise from Antarctica to Bangladesh via @climatereality http://t.co/uoKys2cq #onthinice
Twitted on 31 January 2012, 11:55 am
algore: A post I wrote on sea level rise from Antarctica to Bangladesh via @climatereality http://t.co/G3LryXTT #onthinice
Twitted on 30 January 2012, 4:49 pm
algore: RT @ClimateReality: Our Antarctica expedition has started. Read about Day 1 from our President and CEO Maggie L Fox http://t.co/2vJ3k9yQ ...
Twitted on 30 January 2012, 7:08 am
algore: Gave my #onthinice slideshow on the National Geographic Explorer.  Now in the Drake Passage en route to Antarctica with @climatereality
Twitted on 29 January 2012, 10:06 am
algore: . @Current TV debuts our new show Monday at 9/8c. Follow The War Room w/Jennifer Granholm @GranholmTWR. Visit http://t.co/UIn0W3iS
Twitted on 26 January 2012, 12:12 pm
algore: $300 Million: http://t.co/eivxtFvG
Twitted on 25 January 2012, 8:00 am
algore: Join @climatereality as we travel to Antarctica +round the globe to learn how climate change has us living #onthinice http://t.co/eimBz74A