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Originally Posted by Tom
Breaking news is when all the talking heads and their guest who know next to nothing about what happened will speculate live on camera for hours as to what might have happened.
I can live without breaking news. Information is like bananas - buy 'em green and eat them in afew days when they are ripe. OR eat them green and pay for it.
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.....often the breaking news is coming from everyday people on scene using their phones. Video and pics on Twitter usually are at least an hour ahead of the news types. Although some networks will air stuff direct from twitter, often twitter followers are way ahead of the curve