Long before the networks, including CNN even bothered to notice that there was a revolt on the streets of Cairo, some true adherents of social media were on to the story. Here is how Rick Sanchez is described by those who noticed that he was on to something early on:
88angel Angel
@RickSanchezTV I loved your tweets..actually relied on them to keep up with #Egypt cuz no one was covering it. Thank you for that!
@RickSanchezTV seriously, heard about #egypt from ur feed 1st. thnx 4 keepin us informed
FreyneKennedy Freyne Kennedy
@RickSanchezTV Thank u we relied on ur coverage solely first 4 days - amazing + unprecedented frm major national journalist on twitter
@RickSanchezTV you are so right! i watched for days and the only info i received was from your tweets-if not for your updates-i'd be unaware
@RickSanchezTV @RickTVnet You have done a wonderful job covering the Egypt crisis, miss you on CNN, keep up the good work, you are great
@RickSanchezTV We should be thanking you, not the other way around. U have done an extraordinary job keeping us updated. So Thank you!
Want to thank @RickSanchezTV & @AJEnglishfor covering #Egyptwhen nobody else was wish I could actually watch both on US television!!
There is little question that this revolution on the streets of Cairo is a social media revolution, at the very least a revolution spurred by social media.
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