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To tweet or not to tweet? That is no longer the question at the New York Times.

Let this story of a hurtful headline that will never go away provide a cautionary tale for other travel writers who post stories directly to the Web without editorial review.

On his Social Media Explorer blog, Jason Falls logged “Here’s a Little English to Doctor the Spin.” Falls seems to be saying there are two kinds of public relations: good PR and “good” PR.

“The Independent” newspaper has a hand-wringing article about how public relations agencies — primarily big names like Edelman — are bypassing the traditional route to the consumer, which is through the media, and going direct.

According to a yearlong study by Pew Excellence in Journalism, consumers are showing different preferences for where they get various kinds of news.