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It's been a while since a tweet was a sound a bird made, and a new friend was someone with whom you'd recently spent some good times.

Twitters, Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube - the reigning monarchs of social media - have changed our language and the way we relate to each other. And they're revolutionizing the news business.

In fact they are revolutionizing the way revolutions themselves are being conducted---as we have seen in the rioting aftermath of the Iranian elections.

It used to be that the tools of the journalistic trade were held by trained, paid professionals whose stories wouldn't air unless they were approved by editors, even lawyers.

But an army of so-called citizen journalists is on the march. They can report whatever they want, and it's up to you to determine if it’s true or not.

The whole idea of news - how we deliver it and how we consume it - is being re-invented.

Here's Ira Basen with the second installment of "News 2.0: The
Future of News in an Age of Social Media.