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# Video: Twitter & The Death Of Rock Criticism
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/video-twitter-the-death-of-rock-criticism/
- Published: 2009-06-18T11:25:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-06-18T11:25:00.000Z
- Description: THIS IS A MUST WATCH: At the 140 Characters Conference, Rolling Stone and Idolator critic Christopher R. Weingarten shared a witty and all too true overview of how music blogs,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/06/video-twitter-the-death-of-rock-criticism.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: YouTube & Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

**THIS IS A MUST WATCH:** At the [140 Characters Conference](http://www.140conf.com/?ref=hypebot.com), Rolling Stone and Idolator critic **Christopher R. Weingarten** shared a witty and all too true overview of how music blogs, album leaks and Twitter are changing **the role of the music critic**. “Crowdsourcing killed indie rock…because people have awful taste…”. Watch it, chuckle and weep, then check out his fabulous Twitter min-album review project **[100TimesYes](http://twitter.com/1000timesyes?ref=hypebot.com)**.