Where do you go for the latest news? Would you be surprised if I suggested Twitter.
Twitter is no longer a social site filled with drivel about what you had for lunch. Twitter is the quickest source of breaking news. CNN, et. al. don’t even come close.
Twitter is also becoming the source to find investment news.
Even the Washington Post admits it.
On Monday afternoon April, 15, at 2:56 p.m., three hours after the fastest runner of the Boston Marathon crossed the finish line, my Twitter feed lit up. Someone in the office yelled “Two explosions at the Boston Marathon, may be terrorism.” Within seconds, there were first hand reports, photos and even video circulating.
Not on CNN or Reuters or the Associated Press. On Twitter.
There was no other news reports for what seemed like a very long time. Nothing on Google News. Nothing else on the Web. It felt like a full 15 minutes before CNN reported it on cable (NPR seemed to have some early radio coverage). But in the 10 minutes after, Twitter had the only firsthand accounts of the tragedy in real time.
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