Tuesday
07Apr2009
Intellectual masturbation
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 4:01PM
As I'm skimming through the local and foreign coverage of yesterday's events. It's interesting to see some of the pundits and journalists whose sensationalist writing about Egyptian "Facebook Activism" helped inflate the importance of the phenomenon in the first place, are now rushing to bash the FBs and talk about the "limitations" of internet activism..
I've been asked already by several friends why I didn't write an "analysis" of yesterday's events. I just don't find anything new to write about, and unlike others I don't necessarily enjoy the I-told-you-so postings..
I've been asked already by several friends why I didn't write an "analysis" of yesterday's events. I just don't find anything new to write about, and unlike others I don't necessarily enjoy the I-told-you-so postings..




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