Eric Rabe
By Eric Rabe, Fels Senior Advisor
Back in April, I posted that the Boston’s police department was breaking new ground in the use of Twitter during the Boston Marathon bombings.
Recently, the police have been talking about how and why they chose Twitter, and, in this follow-up to my earlier post, here are a couple of links to describing the thinking inside the department as those sad days unfolded...
By Eric Rabe, Fels Senior Advisor
For instant official and unofficial information on the horrific events in Boston on Monday (4-15-2013) the place to turn was Twitter.
Twitter-ers were sending news of the blasts at the finish line of the Boston Marathon at least ten minutes before the national TV networks were on the story.
As I noted yesterday, the Boston Police Department immediately...
By Eric Rabe, Fels Senior Advisor
Within minutes of reports of an explosion at the finish of today’s Boston Marathon, the Boston police had turned to social media.
Rightly assuming that many of those in the area of the explosions might only have access to mobile phones, Boston police immediately began posting on Twitter. The first Twitter posts instructed people to leave the area of the...
By Eric Rabe, Fels Senior Advisor
Inviting the President to give the State of the Union address to Congress and the nation, House Speaker John Boehner wrote, “Our country continues to face immense challenges, and the American people expect us to work together in the new year to find meaningful solutions. This will require a willingness to seek common ground as well as presidential leadership.”...
By Eric Rabe, Fels Senior Advisor
Lance Armstrong is only the latest of our former heroes to beg forgiveness. But sometimes coming back is not easy.
America is a country of second chances. Time and again, we forgive, if not forget, the wrongs or those who have gone astray in politics, in sport, in government. Bill Clinton. Michael Vick. Tiger Woods. Marion...
By Eric Rabe, Fels Sr. Advisor
By 11:16 election night, President Obama called it. He happily tweeted “Four more years” and sent along a celebratory photo. Yet it was another two hours before Mitt Romney conceded and the end-of-the-campaign speeches were finally over. Romney’s polls were showing Ohio and Florida, two critical states, still could go his way.
In fact, the final results from...
By Eric Rabe, Fels Senior Advisor
Two down and one Presidential debate to go. But watching the debate reaction unfold on social media last night, it was clear from the first minutes that the online crowd felt this was a different Barack Obama and a different debate.
When Mitt Romney got an opening question about difficulty finding jobs, some felt the town meeting style debate opened...
Two nights ago, NBC10 in Philadelphia featured Fels Senior Advisor Eric Rabe, as he speaks about the "Two Debates" that will occur during this year's presidential election.
For more information about the role of social media in government, click here to learn "The Rise of Social Government", a report written by Fels Research and Consulting.
By Eric Rabe, Senior Advisor
When President Obama and Republican candidate Romney face off over the next three weeks, each time there will be two simultaneous presidential debates underway.
There will be the two candidates in front of TV cameras as a moderator fires questions and each responds and rebuts. In 2008, more than 63 million of us watched the town hall debate between Barack Obama and...
By Eric Rabe, Senior Advisor
Recently, I wrote that bloggers who practice journalism cannot accept favors from those they cover. To do so destroys the writer’s credibility. When not disclosed is dishonest to readers.
What about those who work in government? Of course, most towns, states and agencies draw clear ethics guidelines, and many cities and states as well as the federal government...
