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06/15/09
but if you guys are following the huffington post report in iran, which does have a lot of twitter info, they are constantly pointing out conflicting statements, false rumors, etc.
you can't report that plain clothes policemen are hezbolah until you have some proof.
while it's nice to have an alternative up to the minute source, it's not reliable and no serious news organization should base their reports on tweets from virtually anonymous people.
twitter is what it is, but it's not serious journalism.
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I mean, right now I'm watching a cycling RT about this afternoon's 4pm rally being cancelled, which apparently was reported by the BBC, but there's a counter-flood of RTs saying that report is propaganda and everyone should hit the streets anyhow. So now we've got a BBC-sourced item that's being repeated, as well as an organic rumour(?) that's being repeated, and it all makes me very nervous when yet another tweet is saying that the militia have been issued live rounds and permission to use them.
Fingers crossed the worst doesn't end up happening. Though from this Canadian reporter's experience, there are already many, many men locked away in basements: [www.theglobeandmail.com]
(Canadian reporter not Jason Jones, though you've got to wonder how the Daily Show feels about their decision to send him to Iran now. Accidentally covering real news?)
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