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A Nobel Peace Prize for Twitter?
Christian Science Monitor ^
| July 6, 2009
| Mark Pfeifle
Posted on 07/06/2009 4:00:16 PM PDT by STE=Q
Twitter has been criticized as a time-waster -- a way for people to inform their friends about the minutiae of their lives, 140 characters at a time. But in the past month, 140 characters were enough to shine a light on Iranian oppression and elevate Twitter to the level of change agent. Even the government of Iran has been forced to utilize the very tool they attempted to squelch to try to hold on to power.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: iran; neda; peaceprize; protest; reporting; twitter
This story: care of Twitter!
STE=Q
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:00:16 PM PDT
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STE=Q
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:04:35 PM PDT
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ButThreeLeftsDo
(FR....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
To: STE=Q
sure...and my pet turtle deserves a Nobel too.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:04:50 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Thanks, I saw it right after I posted!
STE=Q
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:09:39 PM PDT
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STE=Q
("These are the times that try men's souls" ... Thomas Paine)
To: STE=Q
As far as I can tell, the Nobel Peace Prize has been whored to the point where it only recognizes tyrants, liars and frauds ...
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:10:48 PM PDT
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mgc1122
To: STE=Q
Why not? They gave a Nobel to Paul Krugman, too.
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:11:52 PM PDT
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Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
To: mgc1122
Might as welll give it to Twitter. Makes more sense than Algore.
To: mgc1122
As far as I can tell, the Nobel Peace Prize has been whored to the point where it only recognizes tyrants, liars and frauds Twitter will not be getting the Nobel Peace Prize.
However -- as the subtext of the article elucidates -- Twitter certainly represents a sea-change in communication.
STE=Q
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:18:15 PM PDT
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STE=Q
("These are the times that try men's souls" ... Thomas Paine)
To: mgc1122
Arafat, Carter, Anan, Gore...
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posted on
07/06/2009 4:18:44 PM PDT
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SolidWood
(Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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