[CitizensTruth] Iran, Tweeps, CNN

[Hal Snyder]

'#CNNFail': Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10264398-2.html

While word of riots in the streets of Tehran spread like wildfire on  
Twitter, CNN stayed largely silent on the story, surprising and  
dismaying many.


Iranians Protest Election, Tweeps Protest CNN [from TIME/CNN]
http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2009/06/15/iranians-protest-election-tweeps-protest-cnn/

Over the weekend, as protests over the alleged re-election win of  
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad swelled in Iran, reports on the unrest in the  
country leaked out onto Twitter. (Even as the government of that  
country was evidently restricting access to opposition websites and  
text-messaging.) But in the Twitterverse, a separate uprising took  
place, as tweets marked with the hashtag #cnnfail began tearing into  
the cable-news network for devoting too few resources to the  
controversy in Iran.


Sample:



Soheyl: RT @IranRiggedElect: this is what Ahmainejad calls a small  
minority.#iranelection #cnnfail http://bit.ly/156NJY (expand)


jeannieharrell: RT @champura CNN's Tony Harris can't believe people in  
Iran are wasting time twittering. Why is he on the air again? #cnnfail  
#iranelection


Alevs34: RT: @TIME: What Twitter's #cnnfail protest says about the  
relationship between social media and old media: http://bit.ly/ND5Wl  
(expand) #pnid


merickles: rt @charlesmonaco CNN anchor laughing @ Twitter's role in  
#Iran"only good 4 inane viewer comments" #CNNFail misunderstanding of  
new media


AtlantaJJ: RT @IranRiggedElect: CNN says "hundreds" of Mousavi  
supporters. Disgusting! Plz just watch the videos. #cnnfail  
#iranelection


SouthBay_Mike: BREAKING: More violence & protests in Iran, news coming  
in ONLY from Twitter & YouTube. F*ck you, American media #CNNfail http://ping.fm 
...


One note of caution: I don't think we know all the players yet. Things  
are rarely what they seem.

One more...
CNN's hoax - from Desert Storm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIZh1nm8Lzg

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