Many of us in the blogosphere are keeping tabs on Iran via Twitter and #iranelection and it has been really exciting to see these social networking tools used in such an awesome way. So when I first started watching Jon Stewart’s piece on CNN’s Iran coverage I was a little miffed that he seemed to be making fun of it all. But as I continued to watch, Stewart’s point became a little bit clearer…

He wasn’t making just making fun of their using social networking sites but pointing out that they were prefacing everything with “unverified material.” And while that is obviously true, it is also something they haven’t done before with social networking content.

The journalists in Iran are being censored and right now this is the easiest way for the people of Iran to get information out to the rest of the world. And although I do agree that it is important to verify material, this is not a typical situation and while it is important that we know what it true and what isn’t, it is also important to not put doubt in people’s minds that something truly amazing is happening.
What do you think?