The Twitter on Tiger

This Is Why The Internet (And Twitter) Wins - washingtonpost.com: "Undoubtedly by now you've heard about Tiger Woods' car crash.... as I'm watching this unfold infront of my eyes on the Internet, I'm reminded that this type of story is exactly why the web is destroying newspapers, and should eventually even take down television and the main source of news for most people. I first heard the news via a BNOnews bulletin sent via push notification to my iPhone. I immediately pulled up Twitter and already some 10-15 people had retweeted it and the news was appearing in my stream. The message read, 'BULLETIN REPORT: FAMED GOLFER TIGER WOODS SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER CRASH NEAR FLORIDA HOME.' Sure, not a lot of information there, but it's clearly labeled as a report, and yes, it did turn out to be correct. And thanks to Twitter, thousands of people had access to this information about 45 minutes before it appeared on CNN or ESPN, the 'worldwide leaders' in news in their respective fields." [emph. ed.]