Comments on: #CNNFail – Can Twitter out-cover CNN? http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/06/14/cnnfail-can-twitter-out-cover-cnn/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mass Email Software http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/06/14/cnnfail-can-twitter-out-cover-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-187406 Mass Email Software Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:12:58 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=17030#comment-187406 Twitter is like a breath of fresh air on the Social Media scene. I have been on it for just a few weeks now and I have met several interesting people. It is a platform to network with people you would like to meet in real life. KZ Twitter is like a breath of fresh air on the Social Media scene. I have been on it for just a few weeks now and I have met several interesting people. It is a platform to network with people you would like to meet in real life.

KZ

]]> By: bowler http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/06/14/cnnfail-can-twitter-out-cover-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-187369 bowler Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:00:45 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=17030#comment-187369 every major news station seems to have a theme that they focus on all the time that isn't really related to news... logical conclusion: listen to public radio or watch PBS every major news station seems to have a theme that they focus on all the time that isn’t really related to news… logical conclusion: listen to public radio or watch PBS

]]> By: Jemma http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/06/14/cnnfail-can-twitter-out-cover-cnn/comment-page-1/#comment-187324 Jemma Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:40:31 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=17030#comment-187324 CNN didn't "seem" slow. It WAS slow. It had plenty of time to drag someone into the office over the course of Saturday and didn't. Christiane Amanpour was in Tehran but her reporting was not aired in the states live (according to the Twitter grapevine it was on CNN International). There was no live coverage at all Saturday, save a brief 30-second grab. Which is almost worse, because it means they knew the riots were happening and just couldn't be bothered doing any work. The CNN.com website had some article about televisions on the front page. The "Iran" section itself didn't even mention the riots. This is an organization that prides itself (or used to) on being 24-hour news. Except, apparently, on weekends. But then again, I'm not entirely surprised. A news station that used singer Ani DiFranco as an expert opinion on Burmese politics has already lost credibility in my book. CNN didn’t “seem” slow. It WAS slow. It had plenty of time to drag someone into the office over the course of Saturday and didn’t. Christiane Amanpour was in Tehran but her reporting was not aired in the states live (according to the Twitter grapevine it was on CNN International). There was no live coverage at all Saturday, save a brief 30-second grab. Which is almost worse, because it means they knew the riots were happening and just couldn’t be bothered doing any work. The CNN.com website had some article about televisions on the front page. The “Iran” section itself didn’t even mention the riots.

This is an organization that prides itself (or used to) on being 24-hour news. Except, apparently, on weekends. But then again, I’m not entirely surprised. A news station that used singer Ani DiFranco as an expert opinion on Burmese politics has already lost credibility in my book.

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