New at Reason: Michael C. Moynihan on Iran's Revolutionary Twitter Brigades

June 19, 2009

For every Internet epiphenomenon promoted by the blond automatons of cable news—Twitter revolutions! YouTube debates!—there exists an army of pundits offering a cynical, countervailing view. A week into the Iranian rebellion there appear to be more articles, editorials, and blog posts pooh-poohing the social-media-rebellion idea than those trumpeting it. It's an understandable impulse, writes Michael C.Moynihan, but one that should be resisted. 

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