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GOP looks to Twitter for talking points

by @Karoli on July 30, 2009 · 1 comment

in GOP, Healthcare, Media Gaffes, Twitter

Twitter can be a great source of information. Or not, depending. As marketers have discovered, it’s wonderful for getting a message out and spread virally, whether it’s true or not. Political operatives have discovered the same thing. In fact, the Twitter API is so robust and friendly that it can become a 24/7 propaganda machine, [...]

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Iran Elections 2.0

by @RonaldMizen on June 15, 2009 · 27 comments

in Religion, Twitter, World Affairs

As I write this article in the general safety and comfort of my home in Western Australia, I am taking some time to reflect on the turbulent events that, I hope, are drawing to a peaceful close half a world away from me, in Tehran.
As I sit here drinking my coffee, chatting to my friends [...]

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The Revolution will be Twittered Live

by @rblinne on June 13, 2009 · 1 comment

in Twitter

Even though the Iranian government tried to suppress the people of Iran by cutting both Internet and mobile communications, they couldn’t block Twitter. See Mousavi’s Twitter page.
Here’s his open letter:

Mousavi Letter
In the Name of God
Honorable people of Iran
The reported results of the 10th Iranians residential Election are appalling. The people who witnessed the mixture of votes [...]

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The love affair between conservatives and Mark Steyn

by @dmooney9 on May 14, 2009 · 144 comments

in Human Rights, Twitter

Mark Steyn is the Canadian born, British educated author who in 2006 published a book that I suggested a You Tube phenomenon was taken from. Steyn now lives in the USA because his hate filled writing is no longer welcome in Canada. Steyn has found an audience here and that should be troubling.
A few days [...]

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Conservatives and Twitter

by @rblinne on April 2, 2009 · 5 comments

in #tcot, Twitter

@rblinne Conservatives just love Twitter. In fact, some think it’s the solution to the technology gap. But, Twitter’s traffic didn’t spike until January — well after the election. That’s even when Republicans have been pushing Twitter for two years. Conservatives are unwittingly cherry picking for two reasons.

They prefer bumper-sticker arguments over extended ones. The 140 [...]

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Senseless debating on Twitter- the Twitter Cowards

by @davidbadash on March 30, 2009 · 5 comments

in Twitter

@davidbadash takes on those “twitter cowards” both liberal and conservative who sling insults while hiding behind false names and sometimes not so innocent looking avatars. David writes “The only thing better than winning a debate is having one.” I truly believe that. Civil discourse and debate are what grow our democracy, our culture, and our minds.

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Does Karl Rove use a ghost to Twitter?

by @dmooney9 on March 28, 2009 · 1 comment

in #tcot, Twitter

I figure if you have your name and face on tweet then the tweet should  be posted by you personally. So I decided to take a look and see if Karl Rove is really doing his own tweeting. What I found was questionable. Karol Rove “rut’roh” ing his Scooby-Do impersonation and referring to friends as [...]

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