It was Social Media Not the Main Stream News Media That Reported First on The Boston Marathon Bombing.
Boston, MA —Times are changing faster than even the news productions experts could imagine. Ordinary people are carrying smart phones and sophisticated cameras that can even upload instantly to sites like UStream . Yesterday the bombing was covered from nearly every conceivable angle by hundreds of cameras shooting high-resolution images. These images undoubtedly captured the criminals responsible for this mad and cruel act. There were numerous mainstream photojournalists on the scene shooting but for few if any live broadcast cameras their images were not broadcast or published until they were first transmitted to their electronic news gathering hubs for redistribution. Some people were uploading still and video images to Internet sites as they were actually happening. One thing for sure the world will not have to guess what happened because of the massive presence of cameras. Courts and the jury will also see many of these images as critical e...