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Mousavi’s Facebook Message: You Are The Media, Report and Keep Hope Alive

Source: mashable

Jun 21, 2009

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“Today you are the media, it is your duty to report and keep the hope alive”, reads the latest Facebook update from Iranian opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

The status update, posted in Farsi and translated both in the Facebook comments and by CNN, reflects a radical shift in the way the media reports current events, with citizens themselves becoming the most prolific source of information on what’s happening in Iran:

Facebook Statement Posted Today

The so-called “Twitter revolution” is also proving itself to be far more than that. As we reported earlier, YouTube has also become a source of raw video from the ground, and Mousavi’s latest long-form statement wasn’t communicated as a release to the press: rather it was posted as a note on the candidate’s Facebook page today.

The Facebook post is a direct response to claims by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, that Ahmadinejad received nearly double the number of votes Mousavi garnered. Written originally in Farsi, it was translated in full by the Neo-Resistance blog. Mousav

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