Comments on: Photo Essay: Iranian Women in Post-Election Protests

By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:04:56 +0000

Agreed. It really makes you think, when two major MSM sources are reporting two completely different sets of “facts” – while bloggers, Twitter, etc are criticized for spreading rumors. This all will make a fascinating media study someday, assuming some missing puzzle pieces can be filled in once things calm down in Iran.

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By: Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:52:18 +0000

Eva-

It IS interesting– and I think it brings us back around to the issues we’ve been discussing over on Change about the use, reliability, and reliance upon social media (Twitter, YouTube, etc.) in the reporting about what’s going on in Iran.

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By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:12:40 +0000

Huh, wow. So many different variations circulating on her. The LAT says she’d always been apolitical, but that she was stirred to action over the election results.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-neda23-2009jun23,0,366975,full.story

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By: Ryan Van Lenning

Ryan Van Lenning — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:04:40 +0000

Powerful! Since I don’t know how to say it in Farsi, “Viva las Mujeres!!”

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By: Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:28:55 +0000

Not according to the NY Times; she was merely riding in a car near a street where protests were occurring when she got out of the car for some fresh air and was shot. In fact, the article (linked above) described her as rather apolitical. Interestingly, the US media and many US politicians, have portrayed her as a political martyr.