This is how I heard about today's propane explosions in Toronto. Not from CP24, not from CNN - but Twitter. In an emergency, I would now probably check Twitter as a source of information. That's pretty amazing.
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The same thing happened with the recent LA Earthquake - Citizen journalism trumped the traditional news feeds. Interestingly http://photojunkie.ca had the first images up hours before 680 News or CP24 or anyone else had reported on any of this.
Posted by: David Feldt | August 10, 2008 at 04:29 PM