Facebook reporting

A colleague and I wrote a story the other day prompted by a Facebook status message posted by a Utah politico. The chief of staff to Utah’s Lt. Gov. posted a status message on his Facebook page late Sunday noting that his boss was going to challenge Utah’s junior senator, Bob Bennett. I had added the politico, at his request, a while back as a Facebook friend, but was surprised to see him using his profile as a sort of campaign announcement for his boss.
The post, coupled with some messages sent from his Blackberry touting the same announcement, turned into an interesting story. An FYI to those on Facebook: status messages don’t go away even if you delete them. Click on the tab “Friends” and select “Status updates” to see what your “friends” have been up to. (TB)