With the convention site sealed off and the Republican agenda a rosy model of nondissent, the marchers, bolstered by assorted other protesters, sought to instigate the only untoward event of the day for the 15,000 visiting news workers.
According to a 2010 Jordan New Media Survey, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, 44 percent of Jordanians rated the opportunity to comment and interact as a reason for visiting news Web sites, compared with 41 percent in 2009.
The BBC has, of course, applied for press cards for its visiting news teams - but the applications have been parked somewhere inside the Egyptian bureaucracy.
That never really took off, which could imply that a majority of mobile users aren't that interested in push-based news and alerts, and still prefer visiting news sources and standalone apps on their own.
Visiting news media are housed at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa.
Wallis says he learned this via a piece of gossip, when Blair was visiting News International.
