London bomb blast news - how to get the best
There are no up-sides to terrorist attacks. It is in just these situations, however, that the Internet really shines as a news source – and I'm not talking about the sites of CNN or even BBC.
As pointed out by the O'Reilly Radar, the two best sources for current information on the London bomb blasts this morning are their entries/groups on Wikipedia and Flickr. Wikipedia because it distills ongoing information into a coherent narrative (which news stories from the major outlets often do not), and Flickr because it allows "on the ground" photos and information to be distributed quickly and with relatively little filtering.
If you've got a favorite "alternate" news source enabled by the Internet, let me know in the comments below.
As pointed out by the O'Reilly Radar, the two best sources for current information on the London bomb blasts this morning are their entries/groups on Wikipedia and Flickr. Wikipedia because it distills ongoing information into a coherent narrative (which news stories from the major outlets often do not), and Flickr because it allows "on the ground" photos and information to be distributed quickly and with relatively little filtering.
If you've got a favorite "alternate" news source enabled by the Internet, let me know in the comments below.
1 Comments:
Flickr is now one of the first places I go when breaking news of this nature happens. It has rapidly become an incredible resource (no surprise) and corporate owner Yahoo linked to the Flickr photo pool today in a sidebar on all their news coverage. Nice media embrace. The wikipedia page was a fabulous place to be this morning as well--I got there thanks to Lifehacker, since I'm still not quite yet fully programmed to think about wikis first. But this will get me a step closer.
Apart from those, I still rely on the St. Pete Times Website for news updates on days when traffic to the major outlets is high.
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