Tweeting First: The New Way Mainstream Media Breaks News
August 18th, 2009 admin
An interesting thing happened in the past 24 hours or so: two major news stories were broken on Twitter. By itself, that’s not very remarkable; news breaks on Twitter all the time. But usually, when news first appears on social media channels such as Twitter, it’s the type of broad-reaching story that affects a lot of people on the ground.
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jillianivey (Jill Ivey) : .If you're someone's grandfather, you're too old to be playing pro football. Brett Favre, this means you... Updated : 2010-09-10T03:12:19Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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freshisme (Keith Stone) : RT @TJ_WINNING: Brett Favre is out there playing like he's wearing Wrangler Jeans.. Updated : 2010-09-10T03:12:18Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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TreyBizzy (Trey?Bizzy ) : Who is this Brett "Farve" person you are tweeting about?....I mean I know a Brett "Favre".. Updated : 2010-09-10T03:12:18Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ak_curley (Andrew Curley) : Brett #Favre looks rusty tonight. #Vikings.. Updated : 2010-09-10T03:12:17Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Bobblespeak (Culture of Truth) : Brett Favre just threw an incomplete pass. Which is odd since I?m watching the US Open... Updated : 2010-09-10T03:12:16Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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