A St. Louis Cardinals baseball at rests on top of Michael Brown’s casket before the start of his funeral at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/New York Times, Richard Perry, Pool)
For a story that started and spread on Twitter, some journalists chose to be quiet, or quieter, on Monday for the funeral of Ferguson, Missouri, teenager Michael Brown.
Taking break from twitter today in respect for parents & lives lost. Not choosing sides. Just being human. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/uReLnQApAP
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) August 25, 2014
Choir starting. Will stop tweeting. #mikebrown pic.twitter.com/2xZIMOUTPv
— elisacrouch (@elisacrouch) August 25, 2014
(For the record, I don't think live-tweeting a funeral is respectful. My updates in this medium will be sparse from here-on-out)
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) August 25, 2014
I have a fluctuating list of journalists who are in St. Louis and Ferguson now covering the continuing story, and many are live-tweeting the funeral.
You can find livestreaming of the funeral, which has begun, in several places, including from BET and Mashable.
