Comments on: Twittering the war

By: Alan Abbey

Alan Abbey — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:24:37 +0000

Here’s my piece on the Twittering and blogging from both sides in the conflict – from a week ago – as it ran (first) on Poynter.org and has been reprinted numerous times.

http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=156317

By: David-Joe

David-Joe — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:39:26 +0000

The only person I have seen on television in New York City that showed any paassion and determination was Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

Yesterday he publicly intervened when a journalist asked about Israel’s justification and laid it out clearly, simply and well.

Compared to my fellow Israelis that are “out there” he was fantastic.

The Israeli PR is clumsy, they do not keep it simple and every single goddam time, they apologize and wrap the enemy as a victim!!

Israel is never going to learn and mark my words, that this Gaza mission is going end in a way even worse than Lebanon in 2006.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:39:02 +0000

I wonder what the next war will be famous for…

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Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:58:07 +0000

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By: Litvshe

Litvshe — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:48:36 +0000

We’re also twittering and liveblogging the war. http://muqata.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/muqata

By: Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:07:27 +0000

That’s a really interesting post, as usual from you! Good luck.

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An Unsealed Room » The Stories You Won’t See on CNN — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:57:35 +0000

[...] They were calling the Second Lebanon War the first war to be blogged. This Gaza operation is the first to be Twittered. [...]