Twittering the uprising?

Sacred Facts by Richard Sambrook | Jun. 15, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) or two days I have stayed closely across Twitter's "coverage" of events in Iran. Twitter has had such a strong write up after previous breaking news stories, I thought I'd compare with conventional news coverage.

Result? Mixed.

If you, as an average news consumer, relied on Twitter you might believe all sorts of things had happened, which simply hadn't, running a high risk of being seriously misled about events on the ground. You might ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Jun. 15, 2009

A thoughtful perspective about the pros and cons of using Twitter to keep track of news events like the elections in Iran. BBC Global News Director Richard Sambrook shares his reasonable views on the respective merits of mainstream and social media coverage, with some great links to top it off.

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