OK. All I did was send a friendly Twitter Tweet to CNN's Ali Velshi today and he fired back in a nothing less than a mean way.
What happened was Ali was running a segment on city fiscal problems in today's economy on CNN Live Saturday and featuring, among others, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. Ali had Nutter say a few words about his city's need for more Federal dollars, but then Velshi let this other guest who's not an elected official drone on and on without stopping him.
It was totally disrespectful to the mayor of a major city (not to mention out of protocol) for Ali to waste Mayor Nutter's valuable time.
@zennie62 Zennie Abraham
@AliVelshi Hey that Michael guy on the City Fiscal Segment went on 35 seconds longer than necessary. #longwinded
But rather than send a tweet that was in agreement or providing some insight, Ali shot back with this tweet:
@AliVelshi Ali Velshi
@zennie62 did anyone ask you to be the timekeeper?
Man. I know Ali wasn't too happy that others at CNN felt I bested him when we were debating on the economic stimulus program in 2009, but apparently he's hasn't gotten over it.
So, I thought "Ok. It's on, dude!"
Ali didn't stop to think before he sent a tweet; this will teach him a lesson because it's news now. (Of a sort.)
The lesson in social media is that we are the timekeepers, not Ali Velshi. Even my dear Mom said "Why is he letting that guy go on and on?!"
In social media, we all matter, not just celebrity anchors like Ron Jeremy or Ali Velshi.
Sending a mean Twitter Tweet has consequences.
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