http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/11/27/when-capillaries-become-arteries/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/11/27/when-capillaries-become-arteries/comment-page-1/#comment-749040 Mumbai – Confirmation of Social Media as the way to cover breaking news | Rob's Fast Forward Blog Posts Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:56:50 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1449#comment-749040 [...] Here is a link to JP’s excellent post on this topic - that shows you graphically what I mean. [...] [...] Here is a link to JP’s excellent post on this topic - that shows you graphically what I mean. [...]

]]> http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/11/27/when-capillaries-become-arteries/comment-page-1/#comment-445488 Tania Sheko Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:36:51 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1449#comment-445488 You've illustrated your point very well. I talked to year 7 boys about this very thing yesterday, and the teacher nervously added that twitter news was not necessarily authoritative. I had to say, neither was the newspaper necessarily. Then there's the immediacy and the detail that microblogging brings to breaking news. And why would someone deliberately provide incorrect information? You’ve illustrated your point very well. I talked to year 7 boys about this very thing yesterday, and the teacher nervously added that twitter news was not necessarily authoritative. I had to say, neither was the newspaper necessarily. Then there’s the immediacy and the detail that microblogging brings to breaking news. And why would someone deliberately provide incorrect information?

]]> http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/11/27/when-capillaries-become-arteries/comment-page-1/#comment-444816 Raghav Gupta Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:57:18 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1449#comment-444816 Quite the contrast. However, I do find the Guardian's live blog useful for more filtered news and as a supplement to the granular tweets. http://www.ragsgupta.com/weblog/2008/11/giving-thanks-mumbai-twitter.html Quite the contrast. However, I do find the Guardian’s live blog useful for more filtered news and as a supplement to the granular tweets. http://www.ragsgupta.com/weblog/2008/11/giving-thanks-mumbai-twitter.html

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