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Media Monitor: RNC tweets, Secret Service tip-offs and an ode to ‘Ameirca’!

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.10.08 | 9:55 am

Today’s media round-up: The Secret Service warned mainstream media sources about alleged threats against them by RNC protesters (this independent media site didn’t get such tips). A look at how Twitter served as the “police scanner of the 21st century newsroom.” And more.