Are Social Media Posts a Legit Source?

In the past, I’ve used screencaps of social media posts when writing articles about controversial topics. Then, I learned this isn’t always a good practice.

(Source: Photo by Merakist on Unsplash.)

I came to that realization when writing my article on the Cait Corrain review bombing scandal. Internet news outlets were already putting together the first articles about the topic. From the outset, I noticed how sloppy work and bad choices…