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- laurus
Can anyone help me remember a major news story that was exposed on a blog or by someone on the web, before it hit the press?
- madirish0
basically any single news story that has been printed anywhere in the last 3 years was reported or exposed online first.
recently;
- Virginia Tech shooting
- French election results
- any bombing in Iraq
- JackRyan0
Did you guys hear that Paris Hilton got 45 days in jail!!!???
- laurus0
Hey madirish,
thanks for the info – any links?
BTW, I'm relocating...
- madirish0
no way!! that rules man. :) stoked to hear the trip went well and you guys came to an agreement.
well, the links are pretty plain; nytimes.com, cnn.com, any number of political blogs. this was just more of a feeling than anything else.
- laurus0
Thanks man. I'll email you a more detailed update.
I'm looking for something exposed by a non-journalist.
- madirish0
awesome man!
these guys do tons:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
- laurus0
thanks!
- johndiggity0
the lewinsky scandal was the first major news story broken first on the internet rather than tv and it was http://www.drudgereport.com that did it.