Lobbyists and non-lobbyists use Twitter: is it news?

The Sunlight Foundation’s John Wonderlich notes this weekend’s Post story on lobbyists (and non-lobbyists, it turns out) using Twitter.

If there’s anything we’ve learned about people getting on twitter, though, it’s that people often disclose more than they should, rather than less. Lobbyists, PR firms, Word of Mouth marketers, celebrities — they can all use twitter like any other tool — as an means of authentic engagement, or as another means to deceive or distort.

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