Ivan Watson of CNN was in Austin this week, taking part in SXSW, where he discussed the role social media played in two revolutions that he covered — Egypt and Libya. Ivan Watson on Social Media in Egypt When the CNN team arrived in Cairo, explains Watson, the Mubarek government had shut down all cell phone and internet connections, and the team was forced to operate solely via … [Read more...] about Ivan Watson of CNN at SXSW – Social Media in Arab Spring Revolutions
Interviews
Credibility in Syria’s Battle of Information – Danny vs. SANA
The Syrian activist going by the name ‘Danny‘ appeared on Anderson Cooper 36 Monday night to respond to the accusations that he was fabricating his reports to CNN regarding events on the ground in Syria. The Syrian state-run television station, SANA, somehow intercepted a feed of Danny as he waited to go on the air with CNN from inside the country’s borders. In the clips, … [Read more...] about Credibility in Syria’s Battle of Information – Danny vs. SANA
Paul Conroy: Baba Amr a “systematic slaughter of a civilian population”
Rescued British photographer Paul Conroy of the Sunday Times gave an emotionally charged interview on Friday from his hospital bed in London, describing the ‘slaughter’ that took place as the Homs, Syria neighborhood of Baba Amr sustained attacks from President Bashar al-Assad”s forces (watch on BBC News website). … [Read more...] about Paul Conroy: Baba Amr a “systematic slaughter of a civilian population”