http://news.meedan.net/ Meedan Event | Twitter Scoops World Media over Iran Youth Revolution Wednesday, September 8, 2010 02:47:55 PDT Meedan en http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277164 2009-06-13 23:21:21 TeamMeedan TeamMeedan 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277164 None of the tv news networks are discussing #IranElection the writer of these line also said to twitter users "Sry to anyone who is frustrated/confused by my tweets. Yes, I'm Iranian, Yes, I have tons of family there, and Yes, I'm very concerned." None of the tv news networks are discussing #IranElection the writer of these line also said to twitter users "Sry to anyone who is frustrated/confused by my tweets. Yes, I'm Iranian, Yes, I have tons of family there, and Yes, I'm very concerned." http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277165 2009-06-13 23:31:11 TeamMeedan TeamMeedan 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277165 feeling like the only place i can get news about #iranelection is twitter. wow feeling like the only place i can get news about #iranelection is twitter. wow http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277166 2009-06-13 23:32:40 TeamMeedan TeamMeedan 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277166 why is there a cnn "headline" news channel when 90% of the it's entertainment news? why is there a cnn "headline" news channel when 90% of the it's entertainment news? http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277167 2009-06-13 23:34:04 TeamMeedan TeamMeedan 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277167 "Mousavi just said his prayers @ the HQ and is moving toward ministry with 30000 supporters #iranElection" "Mousavi just said his prayers @ the HQ and is moving toward ministry with 30000 supporters #iranElection" http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277169 2009-06-13 23:37:09 TeamMeedan TeamMeedan 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277169 Josh Trevino - who notes here that recent events in Iran show that a cable TV subscription is probably no longer needed for people who want to keep up with the news* -has put up an Iran Events feed here (see explanation here). Meanwhile, it’s 6:30 in the morning in Tehran (10 PM here), and the regime has shut down electricity in the city. For ‘repairs.’ It’s also reported that cell phone networks and social networking sites inside Iran have been targeted. Josh Trevino - who notes here that recent events in Iran show that a cable TV subscription is probably no longer needed for people who want to keep up with the news* -has put up an Iran Events feed here (see explanation here). Meanwhile, it’s 6:30 in the morning in Tehran (10 PM here), and the regime has shut down electricity in the city. For ‘repairs.’ It’s also reported that cell phone networks and social networking sites inside Iran have been targeted. http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277171 2009-06-13 23:39:05 TeamMeedan TeamMeedan 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277171 ran Events Feeds at http://iranfeeds.tumblr.com updates every 45 minutes with collated social media on Iran ran Events Feeds at http://iranfeeds.tumblr.com updates every 45 minutes with collated social media on Iran http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277175 2009-06-14 01:22:55 relmaraghy relmaraghy 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277175 لا توجد أي قناة إخبارية تليفزيونية تتعرض لما جاء على تويتر وما شابهها. يقول المدون أيضا موجها رسالته لقراء تويتر: أعتذر إذا ما كانت تعليقاتي على تويتر تسبب المضايقات للبعض ولكنني إيراني ولدي عائلة كبيرة هنا وأنا مهتم كثيرا بما يحدث هنا في إيران. لا توجد أي قناة إخبارية تليفزيونية تتعرض لما جاء على تويتر وما شابهها. يقول المدون أيضا موجها رسالته لقراء تويتر: أعتذر إذا ما كانت تعليقاتي على تويتر تسبب المضايقات للبعض ولكنني إيراني ولدي عائلة كبيرة هنا وأنا مهتم كثيرا بما يحدث هنا في إيران. http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277179 2009-06-14 04:35:50 yaserhk yaserhk 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277179 4dams .@arubyan & yet, Ahmadinejad blames the "rumors" of unrest on foreign press despite complete #CNNFail. #IranElections were a farce 4dams .@arubyan & yet, Ahmadinejad blames the "rumors" of unrest on foreign press despite complete #CNNFail. #IranElections were a farce http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277180 2009-06-14 04:36:22 yaserhk yaserhk 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277180 zouzis Ahmadinejad: Days of some countries imposing their will on others are over. #iranelections zouzis Ahmadinejad: Days of some countries imposing their will on others are over. #iranelections http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277181 2009-06-14 04:36:42 yaserhk yaserhk 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277181 shaaqT Wht.a.joke RT @gsik: Ahmadinejad is dismissing the protests as irrelevant and meaningless in his press conference! #IranElections shaaqT Wht.a.joke RT @gsik: Ahmadinejad is dismissing the protests as irrelevant and meaningless in his press conference! #IranElections http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277182 2009-06-14 04:37:01 yaserhk yaserhk 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277182 zouzis White House decided to seize on Mousavis buildup as a candidate capable of beating Ahmadinjed and leading Iran to change #iranelections zouzis White House decided to seize on Mousavis buildup as a candidate capable of beating Ahmadinjed and leading Iran to change #iranelections http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277183 2009-06-14 04:37:50 yaserhk yaserhk 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277183 zouzis Ahmadinejad: i always wanted to go to egypt #egypt #iranelections zouzis Ahmadinejad: i always wanted to go to egypt #egypt #iranelections http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277184 2009-06-14 04:38:23 yaserhk yaserhk 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277184 zouzis This was the 2nd time in a week that an American intelligence prediction missed out on a Middle East election result #lebanon #iranelections zouzis This was the 2nd time in a week that an American intelligence prediction missed out on a Middle East election result #lebanon #iranelections http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277187 2009-06-14 05:39:16 Olfa G. Olfa G. 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277187 one difference between 1989 and 2009: it is harder for a police state to control people, thanks to internet, cell phones. #IranElection one difference between 1989 and 2009: it is harder for a police state to control people, thanks to internet, cell phones. #IranElection http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277188 2009-06-14 05:49:35 Olfa G. Olfa G. 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277188 In accordance with the Egyptian .. Wa'el Abbas Iran closes office of the Arab channel. No closed Aljazeera office because Al-Jazeera بتعرص Jeopardizing public Ahmadinejad In accordance with the Egyptian .. Wa'el Abbas Iran closes office of the Arab channel. No closed Aljazeera office because Al-Jazeera بتعرص Jeopardizing public Ahmadinejad http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277203 2009-06-14 13:50:40 ed-b ed-b 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277203 I have been following the twitter stream from Tehran for the last two hours. While there is no way to check the veracity of the reports, the consistent trend, supported by photos and videos, suggests that the unrest in Tehran has escalated dramatically in the past few hours. There are stories being told 160 characters at a time. The next form of journalism is driven by the history unfolding in front of us right now. I will post some of these stories in comments to follow. I have been following the twitter stream from Tehran for the last two hours. While there is no way to check the veracity of the reports, the consistent trend, supported by photos and videos, suggests that the unrest in Tehran has escalated dramatically in the past few hours. There are stories being told 160 characters at a time. The next form of journalism is driven by the history unfolding in front of us right now. I will post some of these stories in comments to follow. http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277205 2009-06-14 14:11:11 ed-b ed-b 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277205 Here is a series of 'tweets' posted around 8pm GMT on Sunday June 14 by twitter user @TehranBureau, these are from an email sent to @TehranBureau. Again, this is not vetted. From s province (earlier this morning): "I am sending you this email using the painstackingly slow internet connection of the hospital. The election results crushed the last crumb of hope I had for a prosperous and progressive Iran. I havent slept for 48 hours now, on friday night from the agony of election results and last night from the constant flow of the patients. What is more devastating are the events that followed. In [provice], the Basij militia and security forces the Basij militia and security forces were out for a show of force or for vangeance or both. they attacked young people unprovoked, we had many patients, most of them innocent bystanders who had sustained injuries either from tear gas or bats and clubs. It's like overnight the attitude of tolerance vaporized and an era of teror and fear began. In tehran things were worse, I have first witness accounts of 3 deaths, the capital was in curfew last night, shops were closed, litter cans were set on fire, basij and security forces had fought for hours to subdue the people. My friends who work in the tehran hospitals said the number of injured was staggering they even shutdown mobile phone services in the capital last night. I think it is safe to say...all is lost." Here is a series of 'tweets' posted around 8pm GMT on Sunday June 14 by twitter user @TehranBureau, these are from an email sent to @TehranBureau. Again, this is not vetted. From s province (earlier this morning): "I am sending you this email using the painstackingly slow internet connection of the hospital. The election results crushed the last crumb of hope I had for a prosperous and progressive Iran. I havent slept for 48 hours now, on friday night from the agony of election results and last night from the constant flow of the patients. What is more devastating are the events that followed. In [provice], the Basij militia and security forces the Basij militia and security forces were out for a show of force or for vangeance or both. they attacked young people unprovoked, we had many patients, most of them innocent bystanders who had sustained injuries either from tear gas or bats and clubs. It's like overnight the attitude of tolerance vaporized and an era of teror and fear began. In tehran things were worse, I have first witness accounts of 3 deaths, the capital was in curfew last night, shops were closed, litter cans were set on fire, basij and security forces had fought for hours to subdue the people. My friends who work in the tehran hospitals said the number of injured was staggering they even shutdown mobile phone services in the capital last night. I think it is safe to say...all is lost." http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277207 2009-06-14 14:44:18 ed-b ed-b 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277207 Here is another story being told right now by, @smileofcrash from Tehran. 10 minutes ago from twitter #IranElection my mother crying... #IranElection I have not slept for 40 hours now:(( cause i can't sleep #IranElection one of my friend says our connection visa net of course twitter checked by government police,if i don't twit for 1day now that #IranElection my neighborhood yell from their home and police warn him if you can go out then i show u !:(( what the f**k.... #IranElection the speed of internet is too too low we have no connection,our mobile is off,satellite off,net off,even tel in some place #IranElection no no i heard right now a pergnant woman hit by police badly o no no please don't do this don't do this #IranElection everygirls even men crying and yelling please don't hurt them please somebody help us #IranElection eveybody from they homes yell down with dictator and police darn us with word darn i heard in my life #IranElection no no god help us one girl and boy fall in street and about 10 police hit them horrible no one can go out of their homes #IranElection every windows and every cars windows and mens body broken by police right now” #IranElection about 200 mens of police come to our street(aboozar) and i see from our window they broke every windows of our street #IranElection no no no oh my god please help help no #IranElection everything is horrible here,police hasn't any men to send here city contoroled by people,all [trash cans were on fire in the streets] ashcan had fired in the street I'm back,oh my back!here is Tehran 12:55am,eveywhere i see fire, our justice that placed in our street fire by people...viva people Here is another story being told right now by, @smileofcrash from Tehran. 10 minutes ago from twitter #IranElection my mother crying... #IranElection I have not slept for 40 hours now:(( cause i can't sleep #IranElection one of my friend says our connection visa net of course twitter checked by government police,if i don't twit for 1day now that #IranElection my neighborhood yell from their home and police warn him if you can go out then i show u !:(( what the f**k.... #IranElection the speed of internet is too too low we have no connection,our mobile is off,satellite off,net off,even tel in some place #IranElection no no i heard right now a pergnant woman hit by police badly o no no please don't do this don't do this #IranElection everygirls even men crying and yelling please don't hurt them please somebody help us #IranElection eveybody from they homes yell down with dictator and police darn us with word darn i heard in my life #IranElection no no god help us one girl and boy fall in street and about 10 police hit them horrible no one can go out of their homes #IranElection every windows and every cars windows and mens body broken by police right now” #IranElection about 200 mens of police come to our street(aboozar) and i see from our window they broke every windows of our street #IranElection no no no oh my god please help help no #IranElection everything is horrible here,police hasn't any men to send here city contoroled by people,all [trash cans were on fire in the streets] ashcan had fired in the street I'm back,oh my back!here is Tehran 12:55am,eveywhere i see fire, our justice that placed in our street fire by people...viva people http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277208 2009-06-14 14:59:38 Olfa G. Olfa G. 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277208 The power of the blogger sphere is inits ability to cross boundaries, countries and cultures, bloggers from different parts of the world show solidarity with fellow rebel bloggers in another country and culture. for example here egyptian blogger Mohamed el Gohary is spreading the word about an ubfiltered gate to access Tehran tweets: RT @persiankiwi: I am accessing twitter from 148.233.239.24 Port:80 in tehran. you can avoid gov filters from here. spread to others. #Iran (19 minutes ago from TweetDeck) The power of the blogger sphere is inits ability to cross boundaries, countries and cultures, bloggers from different parts of the world show solidarity with fellow rebel bloggers in another country and culture. for example here egyptian blogger Mohamed el Gohary is spreading the word about an ubfiltered gate to access Tehran tweets: RT @persiankiwi: I am accessing twitter from 148.233.239.24 Port:80 in tehran. you can avoid gov filters from here. spread to others. #Iran (19 minutes ago from TweetDeck) http://news.meedan.net/index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277209 2009-06-14 15:07:26 Olfa G. Olfa G. 192.168.1.112index.php?page=events&post_id=277163#post-277209 Juan Cole President of the Global Americana Institute refutes the claim that world media was shocked by Ahmedinijad's victory because they fell victim once again to upper middle class reporting and expectations in a working class country of the global south. He says that It is simply not true that the typical Iranian voter votes conservative and religious when he or she gets the chance. In fact, Mousavi is substantially more conservative than the typical winning politician in 2000. Given the enormous turnout of some 80 percent, and given the growth of Iran's urban sector, the spread of literacy, and the obvious yearning for ways around the puritanism of the hard liners, Mousavi should have won in the ongoing culture war. Juan Cole President of the Global Americana Institute refutes the claim that world media was shocked by Ahmedinijad's victory because they fell victim once again to upper middle class reporting and expectations in a working class country of the global south. He says that It is simply not true that the typical Iranian voter votes conservative and religious when he or she gets the chance. In fact, Mousavi is substantially more conservative than the typical winning politician in 2000. Given the enormous turnout of some 80 percent, and given the growth of Iran's urban sector, the spread of literacy, and the obvious yearning for ways around the puritanism of the hard liners, Mousavi should have won in the ongoing culture war.