23 September 2008

Rick Sanchez of CNN, social media, and the irreverent 23/6 take

Alright, so Rick Sanchez (of CNN) is experimenting with using social media in the course of a news program. He tweets on @ricksanchezcnn and he also has a Facebook page. This is something that I completely support. I use Twitter (come follow me on @edwardjensen), and there are a lot of news organizations that share news there. For example, I get CNN breaking news on @cnnbrk, the New York Times on @nytimes, NPR on @nprnews, and others.

News website 236.com has exploited this with a bit of humor and irreverence, something for which it is known. (Remember the DNC and RNC in a minute?)


if you cannot see the video, click here

As the caption says, "In 20 years, we'll be saying, 'When the economy collapsed, CNN's Rick Sanchez was there.'" I might add that we all were there following it on social media.

Cheers-
Edward Jensen

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