Event shows changing media nature
By David Bauder | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-04 08:00
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A roadside vendor sells newspapers with headlines about the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Mohsin Raza / Reuters |
NEW YORK - A soldier in Afghanistan learned about the death of Osama bin Laden on Facebook. A TV producer got a tip from comedian Kathy Griffin on Twitter. A blues musician received an e-mail alert from The New York Times. And a woman found out as she absently scrolled through the Internet on her smartphone while walking her dog.
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