Indexical Tweets, “Tech Journalists Were Put On Earth To…” Edition

Highlights, lowlights, links, and carefully tempered journalism-related commentary from the Icon Index Symbol Twitter stream:

Tech journalists were put on earth to make economists look good http://is.gd/dMXyY

Props to Abu Dhabi @TheNationalUAE for World Cup headline celebrating German team’s… ummm… “pedigree” http://goo.gl/AKBT

Other than the misuse of “search engine optimization experts,” kind of brilliant http://is.gd/fyCwM

RT @yarongamburg: Evgeny Morozov on PublicDiplomacy 2.1 http://goo.gl/e7m0

RT @FakeAPStylebook: It is wrong to just copy and paste a press release to create a staff report. Add some extra “according tos” in there.

RT @romenesko Why journalists make mistakes and what we can do about them. http://journ.us/cgeAYC

Gallup’s stunt should be borderline offensive to pollsters and academics http://is.gd/dB5qk

RT @FakeAPStylebook: Strunk & White sure were a couple of dicks, weren’t they?

RT @benpolitico: God this @gabrielsherman piece on cable news is good http://is.gd/fU40f