How the Media Rushed to Cover Bin Laden's Death

The news first broke on Twitter

The media made a mad dash to cover last night’s news about the death of Osama Bin Laden.

As soon as the White House announced that President Obama would hold a special press conference late Sunday night, speculation began as to what the subject of the surprise announcement would be.


As the White House repeatedly delayed the speech (it was scheduled for 10:30 p.m., and the president finally went on around 11:35 p.m.), the story exploded over the Internet, where former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's chief of staff Keith Urbahn announced via Twitter that he had been “told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden.”

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