http://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/ Switched Comments for Iran Protests via Twitter, CNN Is Silent http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/Jun 15th 2009 9:33PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/
Except that some idiot typing whatever he wants can never be an alternative to legitimate news. It's not vetted, doesn't validate sources, follows no code of journalistic ethics. This article is written as if posting first is all that matters. I believe that sort of thinking is dangerous.]]>Jun 16th 2009 5:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/
In case you hadn't heard, CNN didnt shut themselves down - IRAN DID. Not just CNN but all news outlets are barred from leaving their hotel rooms or offices. They can not show ANY footage (live or otherwise) from Iran...

Kind of limits what you can report on if you can't leave your room to see what's going on (let alone how do you film something you can't see with your own eyes).

Give me a break, while the twitter feeds are great...it's not replacing "real news"...just offering us a great insight while the REAL news is shut down.

When Iran figures out how to block Twitter, Facebook, ect...we'll hear nothing but crickets...and then, i guess we'd have to assume things are fine and back to normal in leiu of no information. (seriously, whoever wrote this cannot call themselves a journalist, anymore than some Iranian posting on Twitter)]]>Jun 16th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/Jun 16th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/http://www.switched.com/2009/06/15/iran-protests-via-twitter-cnn-is-silent/injured iranian people to be heard in the world. If the result of
Iran's election would really fair and legitimate, why should
government of Iran ban all the foreign journalists from covering
rallies and all the reall news in Iran? why should they block all ways of
communications inside the country? Isn't that enough to prove that
the result of the election is absolutely corrupt? It's a common sense!!!
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