291) Egypt Rising

I don't have solid proof yet, but I'm convinced that coverage of the goings-on in Egypt was lacking until news broke that Twitter and Facebook had been cut off. As soon as social media went down, the agitated murmurings in mainstream press became a roar. People started paying more attention - like, if Facebook is down (can you imagine?), the situation must be serious.

Some trending graphs across the interwebs.

Google searches:



Blog mentions:



And tweets: