Oct 11, 2010 Posted by Joelle

How Social Media Changed My Life

For quite some time now, I’ve been meaning to reflect on the impact of social media on my life. I guess now is the right time to do so, if only to heed @funkyozzi‘s call for a related post. So how has social media changed my life? The easiest and simplest way to answer that question would be to say that it made me social. You may or may not have figured this out by now, but I’m not... read more

Jul 9, 2010 Posted by Joelle

All It Took Was A Tweet

On Wednesday, 7 July 2010, CNN fired its Senior Editor of Middle East Affairs Octavia Nasr (@OctaviaNasr) over her Tweet following the death of Lebanese religious leader Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, in a blatant case of a double standard (Read more on that below). Ms. Nasr tweeted: Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot... read more