Alan Abbey, Contributor, E-Media Tidbits, PoynterOnline

Gaza Battles on Twitter, Blogs

January 2, 2009 at 12:02 am PT

I wish I could say that Twitter is providing useful, on-the-ground, independent reports of the Israeli military action in Gaza and the Hamas bombing of southern Israel. But all I have found there so far–in English, from individual tweeters (not news organizations, some of which are using Twitter in their Gaza coverage)–is heated rhetoric from non-Gazans and international observers. The Israeli side is more ideological than reportorial at this stage, as well.

Twitter searches for Gaza and #Gaza revealed a plethora of postings, but a dearth of newsy content.

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