The viewers of Fox News find it valuable as well I'm sure. That something's users find it valuable says little on its own imo.
This is a separate point, but what exactly does Twitter do to provide a direct connection to the masses that the rest of the internet doesn't? The only difference is that Twitter, through some combination of marketing, first mover advantage, addictiveness to the right audience, whatever, happened to what the developed world chose as its social media platform of choice for current events.
That's orthogonal to its actual appropriateness for being such a platform and to its utility to global/national society as a whole.
This is a separate point, but what exactly does Twitter do to provide a direct connection to the masses that the rest of the internet doesn't? The only difference is that Twitter, through some combination of marketing, first mover advantage, addictiveness to the right audience, whatever, happened to what the developed world chose as its social media platform of choice for current events.
That's orthogonal to its actual appropriateness for being such a platform and to its utility to global/national society as a whole.