In GigaOM, Mathew Ingram says the Pakistan computer programmer in Abbottabad who live-tweeted the U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound deserves the label of “citizen journalist.”
As mainstream journalists have done in reporting live events, the man answered questions, sought and shared news reports, traded what he knew with others to find out what was happening, and shared information and analyzed it. Ingram says critics who try to consign people like the programmer to the sidelines are ignoring the reality of their achievements. -db
From a commentary in GigaOM, May 5, 2011, by Mathew Ingram.
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Why does this report not mention the the name of the Pakistani Computer programmer – Sohaib Athar ? I think he is a very courageous person and needs to be rewarded by at least MENTIONING HIS NAME IN THIS REPORT ! And as for journalists, many have become biased in their reports. A flip through various newspapers will confirm that even the fourth estate appears to be polarized. We need more people like Sohaib Athar to report events like they happen and not like how a news media magnate sees it.
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