Link TVs Global Pulse has run two 4-minute episodes this month that can help teach global news literacy, by comparing Iranian and world TV news coverage of Iran’s presidential election at two key moments – on election day, and during its aftermath. Links below - or find both at http://www.linktv.org/globalpulse.

Iran: Media Matters – June 12, 2009 AT: http://www.linktv.org/video/3999/iranian-election-media-matters 

Voice of Iran – June 26, 2009 AT: http://www.linktv.org/video/4044/voice-of-iran 

Global Pulse is a fast-moving and informative television and web series that looks at the news, the world and ourselves in a new way. Each 3-to-5 minute episode

helps you navigate the news of the world, as presented by diverse national broadcasters - Global Pulse helps you track the important stories you might have missed, and find new perspectives on news stories you thought you understood.

Embed Global Pulse to receive a new episode each week. Embed code for Global Pulse at http://www.linktv.org/embeddedplayers

there is nothing wrong in journalist using whatevermeans that is permissible to get stories from Iran. We are talking about the agitation of the majority of Iranians and the stifling attitude of the Iranian Government. One is not suprising, given the islamic influnce on the government of these arabs. But has it bettered the lot of the citinzenry? your reaction will be as good as mine

Thank you to the previous commenter for pointing out that IJNet misspelled Jon Stewart (we had spelled it "John"). We have fixed the error to reflect the correct spelling. Best wishes, IJNet

This is seems to be that it is the first major event in recent history that the traditional media has no advantage on the web. This is the first web driven revolution and all other journalists are followers as ordinary people

I am forever an advocate of professional journalism, responsibility in naming sources and double checking facts, but I agree with the above statement that the Iran case is unique. Journalists are no longer allowed to report from Iran so the responsibility has fallen to the citizens to report on what is happening and let the world in. If it was not for these citizens and their intensity and drive in getting the information out to the public, no one would know what was going on.

American media, in my opinion, is doing everything it can to assist these people in telling their story. If we can't be there, at least we can give the Iranians proxy servers to use, space on Twitter and the ability to post videos of the protests.

Verification and responsible, ethical journalism will always the top goal but if that goal is not achievable, then you do anything you can to continue doing your job ... and tell the story.

There is no difference between using citizen journalists' reports to cover developments in Iran than other instances of using user generated content or reports produced by citizen journalists from across the globe. Verification is always important, and in order to verify you need to consults people who know the country and follow the stories closely.

Iran's case is a unique case. Foreign media are banned form reporting and local media are facing restriction. With out reports from citizen journalists, the world would have been deprived from seeing such amazing pictures. After all, that's what citizen journalism is all about, and CNN and other media applying such pictures have done a great work!

I think IJNET totally missed the mark on what Jon Stewart (notice the spelling of his first name) and CJR were saying about "unverified" sources. Stewart wasn't mocking CNN for using Facebook, Twitter, etc. He was mocking CNN for thinking it had to specify that it was"unverified" news compare to a lot of other sources that CNN uses. He waspoking fun at CNN, not the use of social networks. CJR made a similar point. Also, Stewart is not a "news critic," per se. He's a comedian. There is a difference here, too.