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video thumbnailNBCLibya politics: Moammar Khadafy is longtime rulerMakes incoherent, rambling speech on state radioRichard EngelLibya
video thumbnailCBSLibya politics: Moammar Khadafy is longtime rulerArmy abandons Tobruk, others defect to rebelsMandy ClarkLibya
video thumbnailCBSLibya politics: Moammar Khadafy is longtime rulerUS mulls sanctions, military against regimeDavid MartinPentagon
video thumbnailABCLibya politics: Moammar Khadafy is longtime rulerActivists use dating sites as social networksJeffrey KofmanTunisia
video thumbnailNBCAfghanistan's Taliban regime aftermath, fightingGeneral sought more funds, mulled using psy-opsJim MiklaszewskiPentagon
video thumbnailABCTexas college student homemade bomb lab allegedSaudi arrested, purchased chemical ingredientsPierre ThomasWashington DC
video thumbnailABCOil refinery industry risks toxic chemical leaksHydrofluoric acid can leak, poison neighborsBrian RossNew York
video thumbnailCBSWorkplace labor unions lose clout, membershipSeek rollback of teacher union benefits, rulesSeth DoaneNew Jersey
video thumbnailABCChina-US trade relations: import-export imbalanceEven patriotic trinkets on DC Mall are importsJonathan KarlWashington DC
video thumbnailNBCBritish royals coveragePrincess-to-be Kate begins her official dutiesKeith MillerWales
 
TYNDALL BLOG: DAILY NOTES ON NETWORK TELEVISION NIGHTLY NEWS
CUTE CATS & REVOLUTIONARY ARDOR In "Twitter Can't Topple Dictators," a recent PressThink post, Jay Rosen voiced his exasperation at both cyberutopians and their debunkers.

Enough of these generalizations, Rosen protested, after pundits from afar gazed at the revolutionary stirrings of the Arabs of northern Africa and variously asserted that social networks caused the foment or, more often, set up such a claim as a straw man in order to generalize that revolutions had, too, occurred even before the tiniest tweet had ever been twittered.

Instead, Rosen suggested, why not have reporters on the scene tell us about the specific way in which these particular revolutions made concrete use of the technological innovations at their disposal.

Jeffrey Kofman's contribution from Tunisia on ABC about mawada.net abides by Rosen's sensible suggestion. It is a video valentine to the revolutionary ardor that a social networking site can facilitate--with the added benefit of vindicating Ethan Zuckerman's theory about the virtues of cute cats.