How much pearl clutching can be created in fewer than 140 characters? The amount is truly staggering. :=)
Consider that the MSM reports only one or two sound bites, when covering an Olden-days Presidential press conference. Each sound bite would be 6 to 8 seconds — no more than a Tweet can carry.
Then consider that the Tweets are: unfiltered, representative, not fake — and, not accompanied by several minutes of talking heads, telling you what to think about them.
Tweeting wins hands down.