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'#CNNFail': Twitterverse slams network's Iran absence
CNet News ^ | June 14, 2009 2:58 AM PDT | Daniel Terdiman

Posted on 06/14/2009 3:29:38 AM PDT by angkor

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To: calex59
To be fair he said that before the election results were in...

That wan't an election.

41 posted on 06/14/2009 6:12:13 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Steel Wolf

Okay, thanks! Not sure I agree about Mousavi being better than Leisure Suit Larry, but it really doesn’t matter as long as the mullahs are the ones running things.


42 posted on 06/14/2009 6:15:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: angkor

Bumping twitter link.

Picked up on this link:
http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/14/sunday-iran-alerts/


43 posted on 06/14/2009 6:17:13 AM PDT by maggief (I)
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To: SolidWood

I used #CNNFail about 50 times last night on Twitter.

It was not just about CNN. It was about the fact that NO media covered the reaction to the Iranian election ... not Fox, not CNN, not MSNBC ...


44 posted on 06/14/2009 6:19:51 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: calex59

>>>> the violence that the Iranian government is using to quell the riots can’t be shown, no, no, no. <<<<<

Not on CNN, but it’s all over the Internet.

In his press conference AmaDingDong was forced by the power of the Internet into an extremely transparent stance of lies and laughable BS.


45 posted on 06/14/2009 6:21:22 AM PDT by angkor
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To: angkor

It was fascinating- at one point the (wretched) Christiane Amanpour asked him what would be happening to the reform candidate and if he would guarantee his safety.

MadMood’s truly incredible answer was that Moussavi has been arrested for..a TRAFFIC VIOLATION!!!!

Baghdad Bob’s got nothing on MadMood.


46 posted on 06/14/2009 6:24:20 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: mewzilla
The mullahs running things is the problem. There's a reason that incumbents Presidents of Iran always win elections. This has just been the first time that the fact the elections are rigged was so obvious.

The mullahs no doubt like Ahamadinajads and Mousavis foreign policy views, but they certainly don't care for Mousavis stance of separating mosque and state for the average Iranian.

The problem now is that information technology is so widespread that pulling the old stunts to rig results isn't going to work anymore. There's too much transparency built into modern, wired living. Especially among the younger crowds, who despise the mullahs and want to throw off their rules.

This has been a crucial election, in that it removes any veneer of legitimacy that the mullahs had in their eyes, and exposes them for what they are. Not benign religious leaders, but petty tyrants. It's a major social milestone for young Iranians, and the loss of credibility the mullahs suffered today will be their undoing.

47 posted on 06/14/2009 6:25:18 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (Oh, well. Back to the drawing board....)
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To: SE Mom

>>>> Moussavi has been arrested for..a TRAFFIC VIOLATION!!!! <<<<

Yes. Unbelievable.

The man is a complete crackpot.

Unfortunate that the interchange was with Amanpour.


48 posted on 06/14/2009 6:26:33 AM PDT by angkor
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To: angkor

Trying to keep up with the news on twitter...coming in fast and furious...

Pics from the protests: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousavi1388/sets/72157619592664479/


49 posted on 06/14/2009 6:54:43 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Incompetence mixed with bad ideology = change for the worst.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Twitter makes it easy to get up to speed pretty quickly.

It’s going on 6:30PM there so things might slow down for the evening.

But rallies are being called for tomorrow.


50 posted on 06/14/2009 6:56:46 AM PDT by angkor
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To: John W

Sadly so.

Thx.


51 posted on 06/14/2009 8:18:41 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: TexasCajun

TOOOOOO close to the truth for comfort.


52 posted on 06/14/2009 8:19:34 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: angkor

Actually, it sounds like it’s heating up near the university. This is from one student who has been able to tweet:

Change_for_Iran
Security forces are now gathering a large force near university of physics #iranelection


53 posted on 06/14/2009 8:32:24 AM PDT by Ladysmith (The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money - M. Thatcher)
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To: angkor

The scariest and most obvious aspect of this takeover of America by the dictator wannabe in the WH, is the MSM.


54 posted on 06/14/2009 9:32:28 AM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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