As a society, people accept the new as a given. If it's in the news, it's true, because the mainstream media has its own employees whose job it was to verify whether the source is reliable, but everyone who reads the stories should know that the story may or may not be 100% accurate, simply like the weather forecast. Citizen journalism is just as important as professional journalism and, in some cases, more. It is journalism that allows ordinary people to capture moments happening around the world, obviously the source is from a professional journalist, this is what most people think, however, people don't really know the importance of citizen journalism . The event captured by the citizen journalist can be shared on all types of social media like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter etc. before you know it. the message will be received by millions of people, this form of journalism is how we quickly keep up to date with what is happening in the world. An example of this is the death of Osama bin Laden, one of the biggest news stories of 2011, reported by a local one day before Obama announced this news to the world. Twitter is also a key player in social media, there's a lot of news that went on Twitter before it hit the mainstream