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Jun 23, 2008

Link by Link - Delaying News in the Era of the Internet - NYTimes.com

Noam Cohen of the New York Times looks at where Wikipedia fits in to breaking news:

When the NBC News host Tim Russert died on June 13, NBC tried to hold back the news from going public for more than an hour to notify his family vacationing in Italy and presumably to prepare for what became six hours of coverage on its cable news outlet, MSNBC.

The network, in the voice of its respected former anchor, Tom Brokaw, announced the news at 3:39.

Long before Mr. Russert’s death was reported on air, however, it was flashing across the Internet via the text-messaging service Twitter and the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

Link: Link by Link - Delaying News in the Era of the Internet - NYTimes.com.

Jun 23, 2008 9:49:12 PM | Current Affairs

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