Is CNN Launching a Twitter TV Show?

By Eric Pfeiffer | September 8, 2008 1:09 PM | | Comments (0)

While C-SPAN dominated the DNC and RNC Twitter coverage, CNN was heads and shoulders above the other cable news networks when it came to making use of Twitter. As with many using Twitter for the first time during the conventions, it was a learning experience.

In one of my own convention tweets from a week ago:

#RNC08 CNN assistant to Wolf Blitzer: "You should mention we're live Twittering on air." Blitzer: "I don't even know what that means."

And now, we learn that CNN presenter Rick Sanchez is debuting his own show today at 3pm EST that may be driven by Sanchez's Twitter followers. It may sound a little crazy, but it's certainly workable. Have one or two of the show's producers watching the Twittter feed, pick out a select few before broadcast, and update during commercial breaks, etc. Sanchez already tweets during his regular broadcasts, so it's not a stretch. You could also have nice additions, like having guests answer live questions from people on Twitter.

Sanchez already has 9,000 followers and I tend to use the metric that 1,000 followers is "famous for Twitter." It's also worth noting that Sanchez and CNN used Twitter to cover things beyond politics, including Hurricane Gustav.

h/t Jay Rosen
 

Tags: CNN, Rick Sanchez, Twitter

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