A la the inauguration, CNN has partnered with Facebook to stream coverage of Michael Jackson’s memorial alongside commentary from Facebook. It’s going on right now, join the conversation here: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=100639101957&h=S-ADC&u=fwrDx&ref=nf

Screenshot of Facebook status stream accompanying CNN's live broadcast
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Nice to see broadcasters finally getting how they can enhance their coverage with social media. I was “watching” (i.e. listening to the coverage as I was doing work) on NBC/MSNBC and they had integrated Twitter into their coverage so you could see what the Twitterverse was saying about the memorial service