Tag Archives: journalism
#CNNFail
… and I normally really like CNN.
The New York Times today reported on CNN’s lacking coverage of the post-election riots in Tehran (which I blogged about yesterday, too).
Apparently thousands of Twitter users, along with the social networking blog Mashable, quite vocally criticized CNN for inadequately covering the story.
From the NYT article:
It was a departure for [...]
Political violence in Tehran
I’d be remiss if I didn’t link to the powerful images of the violence in Tehran posted by BBC News, following the disputed reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
As Betsy Burtner wisely pointed out via Twitter, ”this is why we still need news organizations.”
Flickr user Shahram Sharif has also posted (and licensed under Creative Commons) some amazing pictures, including [...]