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Satirizing social media has quickly become a shopworn cliche, but Dallas-Fort Worth’s Fox 4 has posted a brilliant example that sums up the subject perfectly. Anchor Clarice Tinsley begins her “report” on a shooting at City Hall by tossing to reporter Matt Grubs, who’s “live on the scene, tweeting details to his 87 followers.”

The piece goes on to lampoon Facebook, FourSquare, Skype, and something called MySpace (???), while also satirizing the dinosaur media’s often-clunky attempts to integrate the buzzy platforms. (H/T The Political Carnival)

WaPo launched PotusTracker today, an interactive site which aims to provide “in-depth information and analysis on President Obama’s schedule — including, but not limited to: daily briefings, meetings, phone calls, news conferences, overseas trips, and recreation.” All the President that’s fit to interact with! Is it too much?