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US Airways plane crash appears on Twitter first

By | January 15, 2009

Today was another example of how Twitter users break news first. The US Airways #1549 plane crash in the Hudson River was a perfect example of how user-generated media has become so commonplace for Twitter users. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen real breaking news on Twitter before mainstream media. Is 2009 the year [...]

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