Wednesday, June 17, 2009

A Media Revolution In Iran

We are witnessing a political revolution in Iran to be sure. But we are also witnessing an historic media revolution.

Andrew Sullivan:

"They're shooting directly at civilians, but the civilians are undeterred. Have we ever been able to watch a revolution like this in real time? Has any mainstream media ever been able to broadcast scenes like this? Now that everyone is a broadcaster, revolutions will always be televised (or, broadcast anyway, since much of cable news is uninterested)":