Comments on: CNN Doesn’t Include Spoiler Alert In Tweets, Twitter Users Say It Ruined Olympics

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By: Twitter Updates | brants

Twitter Updates | brants — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:19:37 +0000

[...] the stories here. And of all the efforts, I’d rate CNN as the best. In spite of the Olympics argument, it still experiments with the medium. I read a few days back that it was promoting Twitter heavily [...]

By: Virtual Fourth Estate

Virtual Fourth Estate — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:11:40 +0000

[...] CNN received some flak a couple of weeks back. CNN is present on Twitter, and I happened to see this article, where a few users got pissed off with them for spoiling their Olympic fun. But that [...]

By: The virtual fourth estate | m a n u s c r y p t s

The virtual fourth estate | m a n u s c r y p t s — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:58:30 +0000

By: ABC Digital Futures » Blog Archive » Breaking news is breaking news

ABC Digital Futures » Blog Archive » Breaking news is breaking news — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:25:12 +0000

[...] rights (obviously they’ve forgotten what breaking news is), but so were the audiences. Tech Crunch grabbed [...]

By: @cnnbrk ain’t CNN, but with >30K followers, he owns the brand | Sixth W

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:49:03 +0000

[...] TechCrunch posted about CNN’s twitterings the other day: Apparently, the feed’s followers were upset about a tweet that spoiled their Olympic viewing experience by revealing golden boy Michael Phelps’ latest feat shortly after he kicked the aquatic asses of the world’s other really freakin’ fantastic swimmers. [...]

By: zapotepetl

zapotepetl — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:36 +0000

I don’t follow Olympics on any of the gringo chanels so I don’t have my opinion on the brands, but here is an interesting view to the subject that will second:
http://www.zeph...t_my_olymp.html

By: Are Twitter Users Stupid? : The Drama 2.0 Show

Are Twitter Users Stupid? : The Drama 2.0 Show — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:27:17 +0000

[...] past Saturday, TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid posted the headline: “CNN Doesn’t Include Spoiler Alert In Tweets, Twitter Users Say It Ruined [...]

By: sw

sw — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:01:46 +0000

Either way, CNN sent the news out when it broke.

Yes, quite the shocker from a news organization!

By: PasabaPorAqui

PasabaPorAqui — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:05:12 +0000

This what Twitter is for, isn’t it??? So what’s the problem???

By: Geek Links - 08.18.08 : Wesley Donehue

Geek Links - 08.18.08 : Wesley Donehue — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:14:57 +0000

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By: Sam Miorelli

Sam Miorelli — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:22:54 +0000

Even Spitz admits Phelps is the best swimmer ever and considering how cocky he was in ‘72 that’s saying a LOT!

By: Sam Miorelli

Sam Miorelli — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:53 +0000

This post isn’t correct and most of the twitterers are wrong too about the timing here. Phelps’ swim WAS LIVE on NBC. This Olympics, unlike most others and most swim meets in general, had the finals in the morning, usually from about 10am with the last one ending at about noon. That meant that due to the time zones with Beijing 12 hours ahead of EDT all of the swimming finals shown on NBC were shown live.

What the twitter comments actually seem to be complaining about are the results of the Men’s 100m track and field race which was won by Bolt. That was tape delayed because it was contested in the evening Beijing time so early morning EDT. Thus the people subscribed did get a spoiler on that but couldn’t have gotten a spoiler at 11:14pmEDT about the Phelps swim since that tweet went out about a minute or two after the swim finished live on NBC.

By: Oyvind Solstad

Oyvind Solstad — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:12:06 +0000

Why on earth should CNN *NOT* show news from the Olympics? Because Americans are sleeping?

This is more a case of stupid programming on American networks, where they don’t send events live. Here in Europe all tv-stations have live broadcasts all throught the night, with reruns in the morning.

By: I accidently got on Techcrunch.com and got owned

I accidently got on Techcrunch.com and got owned — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:51:14 +0000

[...] I either did it fast or well because techcrunch.com chose to use my tweet in a story about people being frustrated with CNNBRK spoiling Olympic [...]

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:24:34 +0000

I’m not from the US and i use twitter and follow CNN. I think CNN’s duty is to inform and like the way they do it via twitter and all. If the olympics are not live in the US that’s not CNN’s fault at all. Go and talk to NBC that seems to not broadcast anything. I live in South America and here we got the olympics live via Internet when not having them on TV, a true collaboration between 2 companies to bring the event to viewers at all times.

Seems, like NBC is failing to bring LIVE content in an era where we information flow quickly….live is the slowest we will like our information.

By: BlogReader

BlogReader — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:15:48 +0000

Sad to say, the USA has the worst Olympic coverage in the developed world.

Really? You’ve spent a dozen hours or so reviewing all of the broadcasts from around the world? That’s quite an accomplishment.

By: webgurl85

webgurl85 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:11:45 +0000

Webgurl85 here. Really cool my tweet made techcrunch! My tweet to CNN was a classic case of shooting the messenger. I of course want the news as it comes, but i want to see it as it comes too! For some reason I thought that Phelps’ race would be important enough that they wouldn’t time delay it. I watched 2.5 hours of tedious marathon running trying not to fall asleep and miss him! Then I got spoiled.. All I want is live TV, is that too much to ask for!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:36:00 +0000

I use cuil …. it doesn’t spoil anything ’cause most queries come up wrong.

By: HumphreyBogus

HumphreyBogus — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:58:02 +0000

I think this reveals what we knew all along–that Twitter users are the whiniest bunch of nerds ever assembled on God’s green earth. That’s got to be worth $100M.

By: Manny

Manny — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:48:56 +0000

This just proves that NBC does NOT get social media.

If NBC would have lived up to it’s slogan of LIVE coverage, people would have changed their plans and watched Phelps HISTORIC win I would have for sure.

CNN did it’s job, presenting Phelps 8th gold win LIVE. NBC screwed up for GREED. I don’t hear NBC crying – they got their cash.

- Did the WORLD delay televising the 1st moon landing?
- Did the news networks delay showing the start or the Afghanistan or Iraq wars?
- Will NBC, ABC, CBS let alone CNN delay the presidential results let alone the swearing in ceremony?

If you don’t want to get the news as it breaks in real-time then don’t follow anyone on Twitter.

BTW, NBC thanks for Prime Time coverage aka marketing BS because I already knew that Guo Jingjing already won the gold and you’re only showing it now – duhhhhh

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By: larissa

larissa — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:05:36 +0000

That is a special kind of stupid. It’s really charming that some of the idiots included their own pictures for their avatars. It’s like a special idiot identity card project. Note: If you see this person on the street, walk in the other direction. The stupid may be contagious.

By: Gregory Pittman

Gregory Pittman — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:38:33 +0000

But all of Phelps’s swims were carried live on the East Coast. They weren’t tape-delayed by hours for most Americans. Just those on the west coast. As far as the swimwear, Phelps doesn’t wear the most advanced technology that most others do. He won without that advantage. He is, indeed, the greatest Olympian ever.

By: Preston

Preston — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:33:37 +0000

CNN has been spoiling all week on their @CNN tweet. I just stopped reading twitter, Yahoo! front page, etc., because I knew they were delaying stuff on the West Coast. CNN ruined the first Lezak miracle for me though.