I open my Twitter homepage and see a Tweet of a shooting at Outram MRT from micamonkey
Not that I doubt micamonkey, but I didn’t want to go around telling people about it if it wasn’t true. So I checked out Channel News Asia (our local news channel) and got nothing. (click for larger image)
I opened Tweetscan and did a search for Singapore and here’s what turned up:
So here’s the question: Why doesn’t Channel News Asia have Twitter Journalists? If they can’t keep up with new media, then traditional media will really be in trouble sooner or later.
Edit @ 22:15:
CNA’s page now shows this:
Note the time posted says 4:55pm? But that’s not what my earlier screencap at 6:45pm says. Are you allowed to edit your timestamp for news as a journalist? Hmm.
Tags: channel news asia, micamonkey, new media, outram mrt shooting, traditional media, tweetscan, twitter, twitter journalists
March 7, 2008 at 12:12 am
you do know channelnewsasia is on twitter right? http://twitter.com/ChannelNewsAsia that’s how i got wind of shooting at around 4.46?
March 7, 2008 at 12:28 am
Yeah but their Tweet says ” Man found dead at platform of Outram Park MRT: SINGAPORE : A man was found dead at the platform”. That’s hardly going to turn up as a shooting!
March 7, 2008 at 6:32 pm
no need to be sensational. if you want more details, click on the link? *shrugs* good enough for me.
April 20, 2008 at 2:45 am
[...] But explain to me how I hear about an Outram MRT shooting via Twitter, check out the CNA website and it’s not there? Yes I know CNA’s Twitter mentioned it, but sorry, dead man found at Outram MRT is not the [...]