“If we’re still in the first inning of social media, we’re clearly at the bottom of the first, with two men out, runners on first and second, and a hitter who routinely hits into double plays at bat.”
Catherine P. Taylor, in MediaPost, on the Dominoes’ viral video fueled by social media
“this lately exploded pustule on the posterior of the British body politic.”
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, writing in The Telegraph about Damian McBride, the communications strategist at the center of the email scandal in the British Prime Minister’s cabinet.
“The real impact of a blog story happens only when it moves into the traditional media”
Stephen Pollard, Editor of the Jewish Chronicle, on how the scandal surrounding Gordon Brown has shifted and exploded.
“The emails were sent from an official government computer email account, so let’s just assume he was at his desk when he wrote them, shall we?”
Editorial in the Daily Telegraph, saying the Prime Minister cannot excuse his political strategist lightly.
“The online social world is about as two-way, multi-way, any-way…”
Josh Bernoff, in Advertisng Age, on why the term ‘social media’ is fraught with too much baggage to inspire people to participate in it.
“It’s a hostage rescue operation, something like the Entebbe rescue mission …It has to be discreet and surgical.”
Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Defense Minister, on the Sri Lakan government’s decision to reject the UN appeal for hostages held by the terrorists to leave the so-called safe zone.
“We are linked by geography and history”
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on the digital town hall meeting from Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, on the eve of the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
“@statesman: I see people on Twitter calling this a “hostage situation” at the Apple Bar. We have NOT been told that by police.”
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