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Twitter is happy to proclaim it’s ready to replace the Associated Press when it comes to breaking news. Twitter users beat AP by nine minutes with news of this week’s Southern California earthquake. While the quality or depth of the work may not be comparable to that of professional journalists, many people enjoy immediacy and connectedness. Can nitch programs like twitter force traditional media sit up and take notice of what they have to offer? The vast number of notes coming from average people in such circumstances makes it difficult to follow what’s going on. But it’s worth following such developments to better understand the possible future of media.