Flawed Liveblogs of Boston Manhunt Top Reddit
A liveblog of the manhunt for the two suspects identified in the Boston Marathon bombings was the top story on Reddit this morning, before being bumped by a profile of the M.I.T. police officer who died in a shootout with the suspects.
A liveblog of the manhunt for the two suspects identified in the Boston Marathon bombings was the top story on Reddit this morning, before being bumped by a profile of the M.I.T. police officer who died in a shootout with the suspects.
The thread highlights the public’s appetite for citizen journalism, but also the inherent weaknesses of such an undertaking.
Users JpDeathBlade and, later, Cedargrove, apparently based in the Boston area, stayed awake overnight monitoring local and national news sources and a police scanner to provide
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