Twittering death

Twittering execution, rather: an American state attorney general Twittered Utah's execution of a criminal.

It was three tweets during the day.  For example,

 

And more:

 

If the rituals of death are central to how a culture constructs itself, then this is another sign of Twitter's presence in our time.

Questions for haunted media: would it have been better or worse through Facebook?  Did using an iPhone help take the sting off?

(via Talking Points and Reason)