# Pet Peeve of the Day:  September 7 Edition

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-of-the-day-september-7-edition/765269>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 7, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-of-the-day-september-7-edition/765269 "2016-09-07T14:29:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-of-the-day-september-7-edition/765269/1 "2016-09-07T14:29:51Z")

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There is an alarming amount of “news” that quote random twitter people in the body of the article. Who cares what @SpicyGumDrop thinks about global warming? Why is a tweet from @PhatAZZ treated as a reasonable / acceptable cite for anything?

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-of-the-day-september-7-edition/765269/2 "2016-09-07T15:24:32Z")

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This is no different than quoting opinions of random people on the street, which has been around since news reporting began.