BostonHerald.com quotes Poynter’s Al Tompkins about using social media in politics:
” ‘You can get messages in front of people without ever paying the fairly expensive cost of getting it aired,” said Poynter Institute media analyst Al Tompkins. Tompkins said social media also allow politicians to bypass the press and respond instantly to news. ‘You can reach people directly without media intermediary,’ Tompkins said. ‘When you’re doing Facebook or Twitter or whatever, you don’t have to stand for questions.’ But, Tompkins said, all politics is still local and there’s nothing more important than meeting and greeting voters. ‘You will not win the New Hampshire primary by Twittering,’ Tompkins said.”
