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By: More tips for journalists on new media « Save the Media

More tips for journalists on new media « Save the Media — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:02:15 +0000

[...] enough. But the thing is, if you make a mistake on a blog, someone will point it out and quickly. It didn’t take long for news of the Dalai Lama imposter to surface on Twitter, as Jim MacMill… Does that mean you trust everything? Of course not. But I think this self-corrective feature of [...]

By: Gina Chen

Gina Chen — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:46:30 +0000

Don’t fret .. I fell for the Dalia Lama on Twitter, too, and started following him. (Even alerted our religion reporter that it could be good notebook item.) Soon afterward — maybe an hour, I learned he was a fake. (I told our religion reporter that, too, thinking, again, that’s an even better notebook item.)

I think the lesson in all this isn’t that you can’t trust twitter. (We sort of already know that — that you need to verify things independently.) I think the lesson is what you said: “Looking back, I remain no less than amazed by the self-correcting powers of collaboration and consensus in social media.”

I’m fascinated by the power of social media to self-correct so quickly, and I think that adds much richness to the discourse on the Web.

By: jeanneleez (jeanneleez)

jeanneleez (jeanneleez) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:02:24 +0000

I, too, was a believer. :-( RT: @JimMacMillan The Dalai Lama has accepted your friend request – not: http://is.gd/jdUe

By: HimalaSaltPink (mkushi)

HimalaSaltPink (mkushi) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:36:38 +0000

@JimMcMillan The Dalai Lama has accepted your friend request – not: He also made direct appointment to meet me n NYC!!

http://is.gd/jdUe

By: jimmacmillan (Jim MacMillan)

jimmacmillan (Jim MacMillan) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:33:26 +0000

The Dalai Lama has accepted your friend request – not: http://is.gd/jdUe