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Robert Schlesinger

Watch Out for Twitter Hype in the Iran Elections

June 17, 2009 05:02 PM ET | Robert Schlesinger | Permanent Link | Print

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@sunny day

Well said. Its great watching the relevance of these dinosaurs slowly fade away.

hey sunny day

Although the printed word is morphing so is interactive media. No doubt Twitter will be replaced by something better. You illustrate however an interesting problem. Your spelling and punctuation are poor. If you misspell a critical word or can't punctuate in a meaningful way, you lessen the impact of what you say. Your post would be laughable if submitted as a written paragraph but as a post it is deemed acceptable by most. The well written word is far more powerful than the half sentences and unorganized ramblings presented by many as an authoratative voice across the social sites. Tweet away, but you will look rather silly unless you can express yourself better.

listen to the youth, they are leading the way

Chris L has it right. it's amusing to watch you pretentious dinosaur aggregators as you begin what we know to be your inevitable tail between the lags march into the archives of dying age.

wake up Schlesinger, put the bow-tie away and adapt. remember, psychological neoteny is the only hope that you may make it to the next age which is so quickly dawning, as we tweet.

Having Twitter is better than not

for events in regimes like Iran. Still, the author has a point that bad guys can just as easily spread lies as good guys can disclose truth on these mediums.

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Robert Schlesinger is a deputy editor at U.S. News and World Report and oversees all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters.

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