Notice how many reporters (and others) get in trouble from their “tweets”. In the pre-tweet days, reporters could write outrageous things and their editors would inject a sense of accuracy or balance. With the 24-hour news cycle and killer competition, the reporters are desperately trying to be the first to break a story by means of instant tweets and they no longer have adults checking their excesses. The same goes for celebrities whose agents were often the adult in the room.
Yup. Learn to take quick screen-shots!