MediaHatch is Twittering

Sorry about the lack of posts, very unthoughtful to stop right in the middle of a top 10 list. Pre-New Years Resolution #1 - blog at least 2x/week and finish the top 10 list asap.

I've been easing my way back into the blogosphere via microblogging on Twitter. Recently I got into a discussion with a coworker regarding appropriate use of Twitter. My colleague follows another individual who is active in social media, she usually has very insightful posts. However today he began to be overwhelmed with her tweet's, coming in at a rate of almost one-per-minute. She has been covering a breaking news hostage situation, even before local or national media picked up the story.

While this definitely would be of-interest for members of the affected New Hampshire community, political figures as the story involves Hillary Clinton staffers or any media who might be interested in the story, I'm guessing these are not typical profiles of subscribers to her Twitter feed.

Should she have set-up a different Twitter channel for her alerts?
Is this a prime example of why Twitter works? Is it a prime example of why Twitter doesn't work?
What about people like my colleague & myself who aren't interested in the off-topic breaking news?

Maybe Twitter should create a way for people to temporarily unsubscribe from following someone, or create a history of people you've "followed"....