Mainstream Media Losing Its Edge In Breaking News
Posted by Craig Kanalley | Posted in Commentary | Posted on 19-07-2009
Tags: breaking news, mainstream media, traditional media, Twitter
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It doesn’t take much to see where news is breaking these days.
In the latest instances of a growing trend, a shooting in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, and explosions in Jakarta Friday were reported on Twitter by several accounts more than 15 minutes before traditional media reports.
Not only is mainstream media losing its edge, but the “breaking news” phenomenon in general is losing its value, according to Frédéric Filloux of Monday Note.

