Traditional media turn to internet for Iran coverage

International media said Wednesday they were skirting the ban on reporting from the streets of Iran by using a flood of emails, Twitter messages and phone calls from people inside the country. Iranian authorities accused some foreign media of being the "mouthpiece of rioters" Wednesday in the wake of demonstrations by supporters of the defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who wants a fresh election. So with foreign media now barred from taking to the streets to report on the aftermath of the disputed election, heavy use is being made of so-called user-generated content.

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[llieske]

2:00 ... damn she's beautiful

[4aaaaa4]

Beat those terrorist asses ..dont be lame, Mullah ..do like Israel ..anyone that protests is arrested ..take all children 12+ and lock them up for 2 years ..bomb the water treatment plants and make the people depend in the state to bring water-trucks by ..wall them up .. kill any fishermen ..kill farmers ..THEN ..brag about giving them food..! Come on Iran ya weaklings, be more like Israel ..shoot the American reporter in the head on camera ..run over the british kid with a tank !

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[milune11]

since he is everything he is shit also .but us we are full of it!!!!

ha ha ha

[Dhaune]

god is the shit!!

[milune11]

I personnally believe that Obama is the best and i hope god protect him from stupid people like you

[BeastObrahma]

Obama is the Antichrist in the White House

[BeastObrahma]

Obama's the Antichrist in the White House

[bipbipascale]

"amateurs" images, are the real!!!!!

[gingerpyle24]

Mainstream so-called professional news reporting is deficient, so-called reporters don't investigate and report on anything. They simply hire so-called attractive talking heads to read so-called reports mixed with spin and opinion. Big difference between that and first person reporting by what you here describe as amateurs who are there posting from the scene.