Cokie Roberts: Twitterting 'rude' and 'appalling'

Twitter is a "rude" and "appalling" technology, according to ABC News' Cokie Roberts.

While speaking at the Newsuem on Tuesday, the veteran news analyst who also does work for National Public Radio said that lawmakers who tweet during big events such as presidential speeches are being inconsiderate.

Here is more from the Washington Examiner:

"Twitter is just rude," she said. "The idea that people are sitting in a presidential speech in Congress, members of Congress are sitting there Twittering and we're putting it on the air, I just find that appalling."

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"I don't pay attention to it whatsoever," said old school journalist Cokie Roberts when asked if she followed blogs, Twitter and Facebook. "Life is too short, and I really don't see any use."

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Out of all the social media Web sites, Roberts, a senior analyst for National Public Radio and an ABC News political contributor, found Twitter to be the biggest offender.