Twitter v. CNN: Round 2

Rick Sanchez of CNN responded to criticism from social media sites that the news organization failed to adequately cover the events after the Iranian election. The response – below via youtube – pieces together CNN reports to convince critics that the station's coverage was more extensive than users on social media sites claimed.

Not all youtube’s commenters seem convinced. However, others argue that CNN did a good job of covering the events in Iran.

An interesting debate, as social media muscles into journalism. Watch it:



[via Mashable]

Twitter v. CNN: A New Media Watchdog

Twitter users blasted cable and Internet news organization CNN the past two days for a lack of coverage of the Tehran protests, which began after the election in Iran, reports Mashable:

“Twitter… has… taken on the role of media watchdog: thousands of Twitter users adopted the hashtag #CNNfail to highlight a lack of Iran coverage from the... organization.”

As a result, CNN quickly stepped up TV coverage of the Iranian election and the CNN.com homepage now lists the protests as its top story.