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Monday, November 30, 2009

#Washooting

Posted by on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:10 AM

The hash tag on Twitter to follow the manhunt for Maurice Clemmons, suspected of killing the four officers in Lakewood yesterday, is #Washooting. Techflash has a short article on how Twitter is changing the way citizens and media cover a crime story.

 

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Harborview is on lockdown. We just got an email saying he might come here seeking medical attention.
Posted by HMC Employee on November 30, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Fnarf 2
Yes, it's awesome to read hundreds and hundreds of RTs of the same unconfirmed reports. Twitter, it's the revolution!
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on November 30, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Christin 3
My brain definitely put the space in the wrong place. "As opposed to #wastweeting?"
Posted by Christin on November 30, 2009 at 12:27 PM
josh 4
via @jseattle
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=washo…

skips the retweets in searches.
Posted by josh http://www.sciencevsromance.net on November 30, 2009 at 1:08 PM
5
yes the hack wanna be journalists - i mean bloggers can post incorrect data and facts just about everywhere.

that includes you, Dom
Posted by worst job ever on November 30, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Fnarf 6
@4, that helps, but it doesn't exclude the hundreds of super-helpful posts that are left, like the many, many people commenting that the police are looking for a killer, or that the suspect has eluded the law so far, or that Huckabee once granted Clemmons clemency, or that someone said "Beacon Hill", or that Twitter is changing everything.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on November 30, 2009 at 2:25 PM
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'changing everything' fatass? so you can sit in your baseless and retwat incorrect data?????

hahahahahhahah

go get raped by Will in Seattle now.
Posted by ^ that guy sucks ^ on November 30, 2009 at 3:22 PM

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