Interesting cable, dated 8/12/08 on Grigoropoulos' murder & #griots https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08ATHENS1643_a.html … embassy goes w police version of events
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#griots "should be understood in context"@patrickmeier http://irevolution.net/2008/12/18/greek-riots-facebook-twitter-and-sms/ … a crucial moment of departure from mainstream media narrative1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes -
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In the intervening years, US foreign policy seemingly equally failed to gauge popular sentiment on numerous occasions, particularly in MENA
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Where are we today? Govts continue to sniff more data, understand little, care about nothing, exacerbate oppression, seldom yield ground
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As for the media themselves, how much have they changed since then? http://katrinskaya.tumblr.com/post/65916389/letter-from-athens-greek-riots-and-the-news-media … distance matters less than engagement some times
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