Gulf telethon raises over $1.3 million
photo: @ryanseacrest
Ryan hosted the social media suite part of CNN and Larry King Live’s Disaster in the Gulf telethon, talking to some of the celebrities taking calls from donors and telling people how to interact via social media. During the broadcast, the telethon’s hashtag was in the worldwide trending topics and @ryanseacrest was the most retweeted account on twitter, which hopefully means @bing donated the full 100k!
Ryan Seacrest: Retweet this & @Bing will donate $10 to @CNN’s Gulf Telethon up to$100K. More at http://bit.ly/howtodonate.#BingforGulf
photo: @sadaoturner
One question that celebrities said people were raising on calls and social media was why do people need to donate when BP have set aside funds, which is something Ryan and Larry discussed on Ryan’s radio show yesterday too: the aim was to raise money that could go to helping people straight away, because it can take a long time to cut through bureaucracy to get money to the people who need it.
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