WITN: Is Egypt A Twitter Revolution? No. But Is That Even The Point? [TCTV]

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Sarah Lacy writes for PandoDaily, a news site which she founded. She is also an award winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books, “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0” (Gotham Books, May 2008) and “Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos... → Learn More

After weeks of simmering tensions, finally the Egyptian situation has erupted into violence. Even the media has been caught up in vicious battles.

No, we’re not talking about Anderson Cooper being punched in the face, but rather this week’s episode of Why Is This News in which our disagreement over social media’s role in prompting or assisting revolution descends into a full-on fight.

Video below. And in case you’re wondering, yes, after the cameras stopped rolling, Sarah punched Paul in the face. Now he knows how Anderson Cooper feels. The difference is, Paul might have deserved it.

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