BREAKING NEWS
MayDay, MayDay: I interrupt this fine Monday morning to bring you breaking news: Twitter is the best & fastest way to get the news.
Twitter is not just social, it is media.
I learned about the death of Osama Bin Laden this morning in my Twitter stream. Apparently, this was the same experience for a good number of people. According to the Mashable poll here, it was this way for a majority of people (for those of us who are connected to the Internet, anyway). As of 6:30am, Paris time, 4,200 people had already taken the poll which is quite a feat considering the news broke late in the night (roughly 5am Paris time). Note that Facebook got more than television!
![Mashable Poll Twitter Breaking News](https://www.minterdial.com//wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Mashable-Poll-Twitter-Breaking-News-.png)
Of course, the Mashable poll is slanted because its readership is largely geeky, social media connected people. However, I still think it is significant. People tune in to their computer more frequently than to the television via their mobile and/or desktop.
Celebrating May Day
Here is the tweet that got my attention and announced the news to me (and I particularly like this one, too):
- RT @sfsam22 May 1st 1945 Hitler confirmed dead. May 1st 2011, Osama Bin Laden confirmed dead. via @stephengillett @Mentalist
Update (811AM) via CNET: It’s official, the news was first broken on Twitter with this tweet.
![keith urbahn osama bin laden](https://www.minterdial.com//wp-content/uploads/2018/03/keith-urbahn-osama-bin-laden.jpg)
Here is the story from CNET. [defunct]
Please share with us your story of how you found out about the death of #OBL?