How the Virginia Tech shootings played out on the Internet, in real time.
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How the Virginia Tech shootings played out on the Internet, in real time.
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As horrific as the circumstances at Virginia Tech were, as a journalist it was fascinating to watch the information about the shootings filter out through the students and faculty at the college, by way cellphones and webcams, blogs and Facebook accounts, Flickr photos and LiveJournal updates. The Wikipedia page was updated minute by minute (the page of edits makes for interesting ...
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In case you haven't seen it, the Wikipedia entry for the Virginia Tech Shootings is one of the most thorough and quite honestly amazing Wikipedia entries I've ever seen.
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yahoo bot has gone insane
Wha-wha-WHAT!?! That don't make no sense!
That's not news! That's an opinion!
Besides, the article is in such a state of flux that the moment he/she posted that, it likely changed into something he/she DIDN'T like.
20 cc's of Reality, Stat!
Not quite crowdsourcing in the true sense, lacking in original sources, devoid of original reporting, and in fact not quite journalism at all, Wikipedia consistently presented the best overall story on the Virginia Tech shootings.
http://johnlam.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/...p-to-date-story