This revolution won't be televised -- Twitter, cell phones will take care of it

June 26, 2009 Like inclement weather, the onslaught of images is relentless and indiscriminate, impervious to our reactions and largely beyond our control. Whatever happens as the standoff between the Iranian government and the opposition plays out, the events have thrown up one of the most potent images of the decade in the slain young woman Neda. It's not just that the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, who had gone out to participate in a demonstration against what likely was a rigged election, was senseless in its own right, but also that the almost instant e-mail of that 40-second bloody video to a handful of media outlets galvanized so many to take up the cause.

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