Comments on: When Twitter goes bad: newspaper tweets a funeral

By: In Praise of Twitter? « quarter-life crisis

In Praise of Twitter? « quarter-life crisis — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:32:43 +0000

[...] Jemima conceeded that Twitter’s not the best platform for all stories. Definitely not the tweeting of a three-year-old’s funeral, as the recently folded Rocky Mountain News [...]

By: New technologies, new platforms - new journalists? « Jack of all Trades

New technologies, new platforms - new journalists? « Jack of all Trades — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:57:01 +0000

[...] controversial use of twitter involved the US newspaper, The Rocky Mountain News who used the tool to update its website news alerts. The reporter attended a funeral of a three year [...]

By: 140Char » Probably the worst article on Twitter in the world…

140Char » Probably the worst article on Twitter in the world… — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:32:48 +0000

[...] The Rocky Mountain News twittered from a funeral When Twitter goes bad: newspaper tweets a funeral [...]

By: Making Twitter URLs live in a post - help! | rob-thompson.com

Making Twitter URLs live in a post - help! | rob-thompson.com — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:42:51 +0000

[...] When Twitter goes bad: newspaper tweets a funeral [...]

By: Reporter Tweets 3-Year-Old’s Funeral « Culturite

Reporter Tweets 3-Year-Old’s Funeral « Culturite — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:08:45 +0000

[...] move are the reporters who take their advice. Berny Morson from Denver’s Rocky Mountain News dragged the gravesite into the 21st century Wednesday by sending updates from the funeral of a three-year-old boy killed in a car crash that [...]

By: The Boar’s Head Tavern » All the news that’s fit to print, and quite a lot that isn’t

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:00:29 +0000

[...] There is a school of thought that would say it is in poor taste for a journalist to live-twitter a t… [...]

By: Judith Townend

Judith Townend — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:58:51 +0000

I remember reporting on one particular funeral after a tragic accident in Australia and feeling horribly uncomfortable by my instrusion – especially when I saw the journalist next to me idly doodling in her pad. This insenstive Tweeting really highlights how disconnected the journalist can be from an event like this. Is there a need for journalists at a funeral? Does the public gain from funeral reportage?

By: Robert Andrews

Robert Andrews — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:59:03 +0000

Christ, what do they *think* happens at a funeral? Coffins and earthen graves are pretty par for the course in most religions. Not a good use of the technology – live *video*, however… now *that* would let one indulge one’s mawkish death fetish.