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A Twitter-length post only seems appropriate here

Posted on June 22, 2009 by bob harris

CNN trying to look cutting-edge by using Twitter is like 1950s radio trying to look high-tech by describing what’s on TV.

(btw, if you haven’t noticed, you can follow my own Twitter feed here.  Enjoy my random brain farts of 140 characters or less!)

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What really happens when you lend $25 via Kiva.org to help an overseas mom-and-pop business? I followed my own money all the way to clients in Peru, Nepal, Cambodia, Lebanon, Kenya, and a dozen other countries. Do you really get paid back? And does it really do any good?

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