“Some of these folks are working to actively overthrow their local regimes,” Carvin said of
the sources he connected with during the Arab Spring.a “I just have to be aware of that at
all times. Perhaps the answer is transparency, so a certain person might be giving me good
information but I should never forget that they are part of the opposition.”
Engaging your sources
At one point during the violence in Libya in 2011, Carvin was contacted by someone on Twitter who asked him - and by extension his Twitter newsroom - to help verify if Israeli weapons
were being used in Libya. He detailed how it played out in a Storifyb:
a http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/is_this_the_worlds_best_twitter_account.php?page=all «
b http://storify.com/acarvin/how-to-debunk-a-geopolitical-rumor-with-your-twitt2 «
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