Unbelievable.

Storified by adam schweigert · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:11:21

I bet people had a blast at that marathon #tosoon?

— Grandest of All · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:09:59

My friend just called from the boston marathon.. said she had a blast, but she couldn't feel her legs.

— Karl Melinn · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:07:43

Apparently the runners of the Boston marathon had a blast? #Terrorists

— Matthew Jones · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:04:18

#bostonmarathon i hope they had a blast!!

— Mitchell Newson · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:04:01

That marathon sure was pretty explosive huh? I heard everyone had a blast.

— Louis · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:03:38

Completely blown away at the Boston Marathon's finish! Hope the runners and spectators all had a blast!

— Charlie Sweeney · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:59:23

if you we're in boston today, you must've had a blast!

— Clayton Dafoe · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:00:04

I heard that today's Boston Marathon was a total blast. I wish I went. I could've had a bomb.

— Anthony Wolf · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:01:22

People at the Boston Marathon sure seem like they had a ..blast

— Adam John · Mon, Apr 15 2013 13:00:29

I guess it's safe to say the people at the Boston marathon had a blast... #imahorribleperson

— Stephen Chichelli · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:45:17

I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THESE RUNNERS HAD A BLAST

— h · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:37:02

Heard people had a blast at #BostonMarathon

— Dhawal Damania · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:23:49

Hope everyone had a blast at the Boston Marahton. #doyouevenlift #bostonmarathon

— Matthew Carnduff · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:36:20

Hope everyone had a blast at the 2013 Boston Marathon

— Ian Ferguson · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:34:47

Boston Marathon today. I hope all the competitors had a blast.

— Ben Hoare · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:31:17

I wanted to go to the Boston Marathon this year, I'm sure I would have had a blast. What...too soon?

— Bitter Ferret · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:26:18

Heard people had a blast at #BostonMarathon

— Dhawal Damania · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:23:49

Boston marathon is the bomb... #sorryhadto

— Matt Smith · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:25:10

@Alaskanadiean64 the runners had a blast

— JohnBosko · Mon, Apr 15 2013 12:29:32

After about a four month delay, The Columbus Dispatch launched a redesign of their print paper today. Here are some of the responses.

Storified by adam schweigert · Mon, Jan 28 2013 08:58:04

What's the verdict, Columbus? What's your opinion of the reinvented Dispatch? http://www.dispatch.com/content/topic/dispatch/whole-new-experience.html http://pic.twitter.com/98AUPZfN · Randy Ludlow

The presses are rolling for the new Columbus Dispatch. Watch LIVE: http://bit.ly/OuODxk http://twitpic.com/byvby5 · 10TV.com

Hmmm...just saw extended interview w/Dispatch Editor on @10TV about new design for the paper, but no mention that Dispatch owns 10tv?!?

— Rick Alan Shepherd · Sun, Jan 27 2013 05:03:54

A newspaper printed on smaller paper is not remotely newsworthy. Unless you're the newspaper who decides what constitutes "news." #Dispatch

— Cheryl Harrison · Mon, Jan 28 2013 07:09:14

Watching the news story on the change of the Dispatch's size. I it will be interesting. But this line from the story "the [dispatch] is the most read daily paper in the city" Um. They bought and closed everyone else what other daily newspapers are there in Columbus?

— Terreece Clarke · Sun, Jan 27 2013 20:11:31

The evolution of the Columbus Dispatch - @DispatchAlerts #newformat http://pic.twitter.com/XStPiXwM · Joshua Eck

RT @amyksaunders: The new, more compact Dispatch is out today. What do you think? http://pic.twitter.com/LXotAR46 · Allison Ward

RT @ColsUnderground: What do you think of the tiny new Dispatch? Like it, dislike it or indifferent? @ The Columbus Dispatch http://instagr.am/p/VB6HXKAlPJ/ · PCDN

Is the new Dispatch #formattedforlife ? Maybe. It's formatted for this Starbucks table at least--I think I like it. http://pic.twitter.com/4wFHK0k5 · John Wernecke

I was so excited to see the newly designed, reformatted Dispatch on my doorstep! It is here and it is awesome! http://pic.twitter.com/CNtiuRkq · Mark Somerson

RT @Nicole_Kraft: Pouring over the new Columbus #Dispatch at breakfast this morning. More room at table to read! #formattedfor http://instagr.am/p/VBwbd2m_28/ · Randy Ludlow

Is that the new Dispatch or a huge coffee mug? #launchday #formattedforlife #newdispatch #gamechanger http://instagr.am/p/VB0dNrugHc/ · Jonathan

Next week Columbus Dispatch launches compact Rotary Phone to increase usage #newspaper #cbus http://bhv.bz/WIkCtu http://pic.twitter.com/4mPfwV0d · Bold Hive

I read the #Dispatch on my iPad but I bought one today for my journalism-in-transition collection. · Doug Buchanan

This morning's Dispatch looks just like Business First! What do they say about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery?

— Don DePerro · Mon, Jan 28 2013 06:16:32

Heather Whaling started a great conversation about elevating the Columbus startup scene to national prominence. I wonder (aloud) about whether the local media are part of the problem.

Storified by adam schweigert · Wed, Apr 11 2012 07:27:11

Elevate the Columbus startup scene to national prominence by embracing risk & being less humble: http://bit.ly/CbusTech

— Heather Whaling · Mon, Apr 02 2012 05:44:23

Is it time for midwest #startups to "embrace risk" or "stop being so humble?" I shared my two cents: http://ow.ly/a2zfB

— Matthew Russo · Tue, Apr 03 2012 04:55:03

I wonder...how much of the Columbus startup scene's visibility problem has to do with our feeble media establishments? @prtini @matthewrusso

— Adam Schweigert · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:26:31

@aschweig @prtini @matthewrusso *ahem*

— Carrie Ghose · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:28:25

@carrieghose (except you and @metropreneur :)

— Adam Schweigert · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:29:11

@aschweig Is it that the media doesn't cover it enough? Or, that the companies aren't sending quality leads to reporters? cc @carrieghose

— Heather Whaling · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:33:57

@prtini yes and yes. @carrieghose

— Adam Schweigert · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:34:21

@prtini i just think there must be something to the near invisibility of even fairly established firms (like manta)...doesn't make any sense

— Adam Schweigert · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:36:27

@aschweig Well, if any of those companies need a PR firm ... :)

— Heather Whaling · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:35:05

@prtini and yes, maybe we just need to figure out a better way of talking about the startup scene here, connect all the dots, if you will

— Adam Schweigert · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:37:07

@aschweig @prtini I think it's because most of the startups getting press aren't geared towards consumers.

— Ryan Kovalaske · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:41:34

@aschweig @prtini Most startups here seem to be B2B which is hard to register on general public radar.

— Ryan Kovalaske · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:42:46

@prtini @aschweig For us it was a big but worthwhile risk deciding to cover startups more aggressively. Fear is biz will close in a year.

— Carrie Ghose · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:49:16

@aschweig Perhaps companies need better (non-jargon) messaging & need to show *why* they're deserving of news coverage? cc @rkovo715

— Heather Whaling · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:49:40

@prtini @aschweig So it takes a deep and trusted source network to highlight activity around startups and pick right co's to feature. Work!

— Carrie Ghose · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:50:18

@carrieghose I don't understand what viability has to do with media coverage. @prtini @aschweig

— Melanie McIntyre · Tue, Apr 03 2012 08:57:15

@Mel_McIntyre @prtini @aschweig We used to not write about a company unless it was in biz 1 full year. Now, if they fail, report that too.

— Carrie Ghose · Tue, Apr 03 2012 09:07:30

Yep. RT: @mel_mcintyre @carrieghose Glad BizFirst changed its policy. More media coverage for startups = greater public awareness.

— Matthew Russo · Tue, Apr 03 2012 09:18:36

Agree! RT @mel_mcintyre: @carrieghose @aschweig @prtini And a higher public profile can help a company grow and thrive.

— Heather Whaling · Tue, Apr 03 2012 09:39:05

@MatthewRusso @Mel_McIntyre @prtini @aschweig It wasn't so much a policy as a hesitancy. We're still feeling it out. Glad you like efforts.

— Carrie Ghose · Tue, Apr 03 2012 10:30:35

meta.

Storified by adam schweigert · Tue, Mar 27 2012 07:17:14

@jayrosen_nyu @arusbridger I thought those #openjournalism principles were worth storifying. So I did: http://bit.ly/H9saeV

— Alex Howard · Tue, Mar 27 2012 06:54:52

What is open journalism?

Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger shared ten ideas for what "open journalism" looks like today. Storified by Alex Howard · Tue, Ma...

Do you agree with @Guardian editor @arusbridger's 10 principles for #openjournalism? http://bit.ly/H9saeV Why or why not? Would you add any?

— Alex Howard · Tue, Mar 27 2012 06:58:20

I'm Storifying now - send me your thoughts. RT @jayrosen_nyu Alan Rusbridger, just tweeted its 10 principles of "open journalism."

— Josh Stearns · Tue, Mar 27 2012 06:55:56

Read my #Storify story: "10 Lessons for Open Journalism from the Guardian" http://sfy.co/jyM #storify

— Josh Stearns · Tue, Mar 27 2012 07:01:50

10 Lessons for Open Journalism from the Guardian

Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, has been one of the most vocal proponents of "open journalism." The Guardian recently produced a...

@jcstearns Already there: http://bit.ly/H9saeV but if you get more comments, by all means, rock it.

— Alex Howard · Tue, Mar 27 2012 06:57:19

@digiphile Of course - great minds think alike - I added some other context and links including a link to your storify as well.

— Josh Stearns · Tue, Mar 27 2012 07:11:13

@jcstearns Your background is better. :) Adding your #Storify to my storify. #meta

— Alex Howard · Tue, Mar 27 2012 07:08:56

@jcstearns I storifed your storify about my storify? #HallOfWebbyMirrors

— Alex Howard · Tue, Mar 27 2012 07:13:03

Tweets from the #BigBabies panel at SXSWi 2012.

Storified by adam schweigert · Sat, Mar 10 2012 13:23:53

#bigbabies panel with @deekgeek @aschweig @jdcoffman excellent panel!!!! http://pic.twitter.com/kQts5TKs · ryanrochnroll

#bigbabies panel @aschweig @deekgeek @jdcoffman @johnbarth #sketchno @ Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol http://instagr.am/p/H_61hmifCu/ · Kathy Phan

I sincerely hope #pubmedia managers, editors, and EPs are reading #bigbabies tweets from #sxsw.

— angelaishere · Sat, Mar 10 2012 08:22:40

Only a couple folks raised hands to ID as boomers at #bigbabies The part of @vivianschiller will be played by John Barth today

— Julia Schrenkler · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:33:46

.@juliaschrenkler I sure hope more. If not, we shld burn the audio to CD (cassette?) and snail mail it to all #bigbabies in #pubmedia

— rekha6 · Sat, Mar 10 2012 08:58:58

Lots of "boomers" up in here ... #BigBabies should be a great talk. #sxsw "a former generation prepares to hand off to a new generation"

— Miss D. · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:34:05

Generational difference in work culture? Barth says new gen: collaborative, old gen: hierarchical, "authoritarian" #bigbabies

— Jessica Plautz · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:35:37

#sxsw #bigbabies Barth recommends reading: 'The Next 20 Years: How Customer and Workforce Attitudes will Evolve'

— Jessica Plautz · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:37:45

Next 20 Years: How Customer and Workforce Attitudes Will Evolve - Harvard Business Review

by Neil Howe, William Strauss Source: Harvard Business Review 14 pages. Publication date: Jul 01, 2007. Prod. #: R0707B-PDF-ENG Business ...

Points expected to cover in #bigbabies session: work culture changes, generational clash, the maker culture vs title

— Julia Schrenkler · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:38:39

As an HR person this talk about generations in an organization rings true. #bigbabies

— George Lara · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:38:38

#sxsw #bigbabies NPR, public radio born in the 70s. Founders were redesigning #pubmedia for their own generation - Barth.

— Jessica Plautz · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:39:35

#bigbabies panel - Barth mod - @deekgeek @aschweig @jdcoffman (slide: "It's not about you") http://pic.twitter.com/FX7cSpgI · Julia Schrenkler

"The redesign is never finished." #Bigbabies #sxswi

— AARP Foundation · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:45:48

.@deekgeek In digital media, "the redesign is never finished." Outlets need to be fluid, agile, adaptable. #SXSW #bigbabies

— Jessica Plautz · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:44:58

The user-centered approach has permanently evolved the traditional broadcasting model to 2-way conversations -@jdcoffman #bigbabies

— Karen Lee · Sat, Mar 10 2012 07:46:23

On Feb. 20, 1962 John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the earth. We re-created the mission (#GlenninSpace) in real-time on Twitter 50 years later for the @GlennSchool at OSU.

Storified by adam schweigert · Mon, Feb 20 2012 13:55:31

[PHOTO]: 50 years ago John Glenn awoke before dawn to enjoy breakfast before his historic flight http://bit.ly/A6IIuG #GlenninSpace #Glenn50

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 01:00:00

Glenn enjoys breakfast the morning of his flight. (photo: NASA) · glennschool

[PHOTO]: 50 years ago today astronaut John Glenn suits-up before boarding Friendship 7. http://bit.ly/wzj026 #GlenninSpace #Glenn50

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 02:00:03

@glennschool http://twitpic.com/8m3ir8 - Looks like a Halloween costume. Amazing though. · Gerald Fullam

[PHOTO]: Astronaut John Glenn prepares to board the Friendship 7 spacecraft, 50 years ago today. http://bit.ly/yjOyYf #GlenninSpace #Glenn50

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 02:45:02

Glenn prepares to board Friendship 7 (Photo: NASA) · glennschool

[PHOTO]: John Glenn enters the Friendship 7 capsule and the hatch is bolted in place. http://bit.ly/ws2Y1S #GlenninSpace #Glenn50

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 03:03:01

Astronaut John Glenn enters the Friendship 7 capsule. · glennschool

After a 42 minute delay due to a defective bolt, the hatch on Friendship 7 is secured and final preparations are underway. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 04:52:00

A modified Atlas D missile standing 93 feet tall will launch Friendship 7 into orbit at a speed of 17,500 miles per hour. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 05:37:57

Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. was 40 years old and a Lt. Colonel in the US Marine Corps at the time of the Friendship 7 mission #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:00:01

More than 30,000 people have a part in the Friendship 7 mission, including both government and industry. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:08:02

18 stations around the world will be used to communicate with Friendship 7 including ships in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:16:00

During the flight, Information will pour into the Space Computing Center at the rate of more than 1,000 bits per second. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:24:02

15 minutes to launch. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:32:01

During the mission, Glenn will be testing spacecraft performance and recording his own reactions to weightlessness and stress. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:35:01

10 minutes to launch. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:37:02

Astronaut Glenn will make detailed voice reports every 30 minutes during the mission relaying critical flight information. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:40:01

5 minutes to launch. #GlenninSpace

— John Glenn School · Mon, Feb 20 2012 06:42:01

@FakeAPStylebook picks a fight with @APStylebook, sullies @ChicagoManual's good name.

Storified by adam schweigert · Wed, Feb 22 2012 08:52:22

Despite widespread confusion, the proper spelling is "Valentimes Day."

— Fake AP Stylebook · Tue, Feb 14 2012 07:01:21

Despite @FakeAPStylebook guidance to the contrary, it's Valentine's Day, St. Valentine, giving your love a valentine. #APStyle

— AP Stylebook · Tue, Feb 14 2012 10:11:56

Please ignore @APStylebook's erroneous holiday style tips. We have already reported them to Twitter. #ValentimesDay

— Fake AP Stylebook · Tue, Feb 14 2012 10:42:33

Why doesn't @APStylebook want to be our Valentime? Is it that floozy @ChicagoManual again? #ValentimesDay

— Fake AP Stylebook · Tue, Feb 14 2012 11:38:39

Don't worry, @ChicagoManual. We might disagree about the Oxford comma but won't let @FakeAPStylebook sully your honor.

— AP Stylebook · Tue, Feb 14 2012 11:52:40

7 out of 10 respondents called @ChicagoManual "a home-wrecking Jezebel." #ValentimesDay

— Fake PewResearch · Tue, Feb 14 2012 12:13:31

http://twitpic.com/8jyywt - We're sorry for what we said, @APStylebook. Here's a candy heart. Let's patch things up? · Fake AP Stylebook

We appreciate it, @APStylebook! (Although we call it the Chicago comma.)

— Manual of Style · Tue, Feb 14 2012 14:00:24

Thanks for the good will. (Goodwill as a financial term) MT @FakeAPStylebook http://twitpic.com/8jyywt We're sorry for what we said, @APStylebook · AP Stylebook

Thanks to @FakeAPStylebook for the care package ((http://twitpic.com/8na3lw)) to make up after our Valentine's Day spat: http://apne.ws/zYuLMg

— AP Stylebook · Wed, Feb 22 2012 08:48:06

This is actually a really sad story. Zanesville man has a large collection of exotic animals, releases them before (allegedly) taking his own life. Many of the animals are hunted down and killed. Several decide to join Twitter.

Storified by adam schweigert · Wed, Oct 26 2011 23:41:56

BREAKING: Authorities searching for wild animals that escaped from a facility on Kopchak Rd in Zanesville.

— Elbert10TV · Tue, Oct 18 2011 15:22:49

Exotic Animals Escape Muskingum Co. Animal Farm http://bit.ly/qfqEl5

— 10TV · Tue, Oct 18 2011 15:56:46

BREAKING: 48 wild animals initially reported loose in Muskingum County. Sheriff recommends school closings, people to stay indoors.

— 10TV · Tue, Oct 18 2011 18:40:28

BREAKING: Cheetahs, lions and cats among escaped animals in Muskingum County.

— 10TV · Tue, Oct 18 2011 18:42:13

You're welcome. RT @10TV BREAKING: Cheetahs, lions and cats among escaped animals in Muskingum County.

— BronxZooHBadger · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:12:27

BREAKING: Sheriff: "We don’t know how much of a head start these animals had on us. We're shooting to kill."

— 10TV · Tue, Oct 18 2011 18:43:16

BREAKING: Muskingum Co. Sheriff believes roughly 25 lions, bears, wolves shot dead.

— 10TV · Tue, Oct 18 2011 18:45:37

Where all the toddlers at?

— ZanesvilleLion · Tue, Oct 18 2011 18:55:57

Exotic animals loose in Ohio; animals' owner found dead - Columbus Dispatch http://bit.ly/o1hpit

— BreakingNews · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:08:57

GERALD! I told you to stay away from the interstate! HITCHHIKING IS DANGEROUS! http://twitpic.com/72fr3l · ZanesvilleLion

As a sidenote, it is totally hard to tweet with these massive lion paws. But I'm just loving this Siri app.

— ZanesvilleLion · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:10:53

#FREEEEEEDOM!!!

— ZanesvilleWolf · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:20:00

Anyone got an umbrella?

— ZanesvilleWolf · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:23:25

Snap, @JungleJackHanna's going to be on @10TV tonight. I love that guy, he has the tastiest friends.

— ZanesvilleLion · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:40:13

How much is a cab to the @ArenaDistrict?

— ZanesvilleWolf · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:44:57

The what now? That's not for Mardi Gras? @ZanesvilleWolf I'd tell you where I'm headed, but these police are shooting first #questionslater

— ZanesvilleLion · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:45:55

@ZanesvilleLion stop by @northmarket. Breakfast is on us. Our waffle is sooo good it will make you meaow!!

— tasteofbelgium · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:50:23

What's a waffle? Is it like a live, wriggling gazelle? Those are the best.

— ZanesvilleLion · Tue, Oct 18 2011 19:53:39

Just saw @Danielle10TV! She looks good. I wonder if she's single? And in to vicious wild animals?

— ZanesvilleLion · Tue, Oct 18 2011 20:01:37

@ZanesvilleLion Head's up... they're still searching for all remaining wild animals on the loose! (and thanks for the kind words)

— Danielle10TV · Tue, Oct 18 2011 20:52:30

People thought @TheOnion was hacked, tweeting about a hostage situation at the Capitol building. The police got upset, media watchers weighed in. It all turned out to be just an unfunny joke.

Storified by adam schweigert · Wed, Oct 26 2011 23:51:49

BREAKING: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building.

— TheOnion · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:33:40

My sense is that @Theonion has been hacked.

— chrislhayes · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:36:33

Was @TheOnion hacked? They're tweeting things that are unlike them.

— mjenkins · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:39:18

@lheron @brianstelter @corybe I think it would have been a lot more effective if @theonion had included a link in that first tweet.

— mjenkins · Thu, Sep 29 2011 08:41:41

Did Anonymous hack the Onion? RT @TheOnion: BREAKING: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building.

— daveweigel · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:43:04

BREAKING: Capitol building being evacuated. 12 children held hostage by group of armed congressmen. #CongressHostage

— TheOnion · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:44:50

#jokefail RT @TheOnion: BREAKING: Capitol building being evacuated. 12 children held hostage by group of armed congressmen.

— daveweigel · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:46:38

Or… not hacked, just a terribly tone-deaf tweet? @TheOnion has a similar story up on its website: http://j.mp/qlEiFz

— delrayser · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:48:43

Congress Takes Group Of Schoolchildren Hostage

WASHINGTON-While brandishing shotguns and semiautomatic pistols, members of the 112th U.S. Congress took a class of visiting schoolchildren hostage on Wednesday, barricading themselves inside the Capitol rotunda and demanding $12 trillion dollars in cash.

What @TheOnion did wrong there: waited to long to tweet that punchline!

— moneyries · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:50:36

Nope, @chrislhayes, I think @Theonion is botching a joke about Congressmen taking kids hostage.

— TPCarney · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:53:51

Possible @theonion not hacked, just being unfunny? Parody related to latest tweets is on their site http://onion.com/qT5Eiy

— lheron · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:55:11

Congress Takes Group Of Schoolchildren Hostage http://onion.com/r1pM9h #CongressHostage

— TheOnion · Thu, Sep 29 2011 07:57:37

Police helicopter just ordered to pull back after Rep. Trent Franks tried to take it down with a shotgun #CongressHostage

— TheOnion · Thu, Sep 29 2011 08:17:44

I wonder if US Capitol police realize yet that the story about an attack on Capitol Hill is due to unfunny tweets from @TheOnion.

— acarvin · Thu, Sep 29 2011 08:26:33

Capitol Police reacting angrily to @theonion parody of a Capitol Hill hostage situation. More soon.

— edatpost · Thu, Sep 29 2011 08:30:45

Here's @TheOnion satire, "Congress Takes Group Of Schoolchildren Hostage." http://onion.com/r1pM9h Very funny story, in my satiric opinion.

— brianstelter · Thu, Sep 29 2011 08:35:34

Notes and observations from a SXSW panel entitled "Rebranding Islam in America." The hashtag was #321rebrand, more information and panelist bios here: http://bit.ly/hPg4jy.

Storified by adam schweigert · Thu, Oct 27 2011 14:16:11

The question at the panel (on rebranding Islam), is "why do Muslims have a bad reputation in the US?" #SXSW #321rebrand

— jilliancyork · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:07:31

Equating Islam with terror, Americans think the two can't be separated. #321REBRAND

— kvetchingeditor · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:09:39

Islam brand in America is shaped by media images & not by their next door neighbor. The neighbor, the majority needs the mic. # #321rebrand

— MIZ_TIFFANY · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:13:15

I wonder what role/responsibility the entertainment industry can play in presenting Muslims in positive/diverse lights. #321rebrand

— jasonsmithtx · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:44:29

.@DaisyKhan most orgs have been condemning terrorism through press releases and statements, not enough outrage in the streets #321rebrand

— aschweig · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:13:03

.@m_mas: putting out a press release and saying we have taken a stand against extremism is not going to cut it #321rebrand

— aschweig · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:25:08

Refuting terrorism isn't enough. #321REBRAND

— kvetchingeditor · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:23:31

#321rebrand to counter terror image, need stronger muslim voices of condemnation, but moderate,liberal muslims don't get the microphone

— SMEXbeirut · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:11:51

Perhaps if Americans saw protests denouncing terror attacks after they occur they wouldn't equate Islam & terror. #321rebrand

— bethanyshondark · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:19:07

.@Zeenat: if millions marched in the street against extremism, what would it do to actually address the problem? #321rebrand

— aschweig · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:18:42

.@Zeenat: not about rebranding Islam, it's about rebranding Muslims, and that means seeing us as human beings, not perfect #321rebrand

— aschweig · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:17:49

But is it really Muslims' responsibility to rebrand themselves? Should Muslims be responsible for disavowing others' actions? #321rebrand

— jilliancyork · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:24:43

Muslim community needs to realize that extremism is the greatest threat. Speak out! #321REBRAND

— kvetchingeditor · Tue, Mar 15 2011 09:15:07