FIVE PROMINENT NEWS EVENTS THAT BROKE ON TWITTER
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Hackers pennyless in to a Twitter feeds of Fox new-s and- PayPal this week, raising concerns about how secure a microblogging site is as it increasingly becomes a height for new-s dissemination. Twitter, which allows people to send 140-character content messages, or Tweets, to groups of ostensible followers, is a single of a many renouned amicable networking services upon a Web, along with Facebook.
Here have been 5 distinguished new-s events which pennyless upon Twitter:
OSAMA BIN LADEN’S DEATH
In a time in between a White House- announcing a late-night press conference, and- President Obama revelation a universe Osama garbage bin Laden had been killed, a single Twitter use-r had already damaged a new-s of his genocide upon May 2.
Keith Urbahn, a arch of staff for former invulnerability cupboard member Donald Rumsfeld, wrote, “So I’m told by a creditable chairman they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot damn.”
Urbahn after pronounced he did not know for sure if Bin Laden was dead, though which “the club for checking sources is most reduce in Twitter.”
HUDSON RIVER PLANE CRASH
When US Airways moody 1549 suddenly land-ed in a Hudson River in new- York City in Jan 2009, Twitter use-rs were between a initial to mangle a new-s and- post photographs.
Janis Krums tweeted a design of passengers upon a wings of a floating Airbus newcomer jet: “There’s a craft in a Hudson. I’m upon a packet starting to collect up a people. Crazy.”
The situation is an e.g. of how Twitter and- alternative amicable media sites concede any a single with a smartphone to mangle new-s.
ROYAL WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
The Clarence House- Twitter feed had all a sum upon Prince William and- Kate Middleton’s marriage in Britain.
The Twitter feed for a Prince of Wales voiced in early Jan minute skeleton for a large day, together with a date of a wedding, how a bride would arrive, and- who would control a stately ceremony.
Twitter has been good perceived between celebrities such as Charlie Sheen, who use-d a height to rail opposite his employer CBS upon his approach to some-more than 4 million followers.
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
U.S. presidential cand-idates upon both sides of a aisle use-d Twitter to make well known their 2012 choosing campaigns.
new-t Gingrich wrote, “Today we am announcing my cand-idacy for President of a United States.” He additionally Tweeted a couple to a video of his announcement.
Obama voiced his 2012 debate in a amicable media shell upon Apr 4. On Jul 6, a boss hold a “Twitter townhall” where he pulpy his mercantile bulletin and- poked fun during Republicans. Obama, who is not well known for brevity, tweeted, “One final indicate — we know Twitter, I’m ostensible to be short.”
HILLARY CLINTON WON’T WORK TWICE UNDER OBAMA
CNN released a provoke upon Twitter about an talk with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which she pronounced she would not stay upon President Obama’s cupboard if he is inaugurated to a second term.
A CNN senior manager writer tweeted upon Mar sixteen which Hillary Clinton “would NOT be in an Obama 2nd tenure cabinet.”
The Tweet was an announcement for a after talk upon CNN with Clinton, and- highlighted a single approach new-s companies use- a amicable media tool.
