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Jackson's death first spread online and not from TV news anchor
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by Suranee | June 25, 2009 at 09:30 pm
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News of Michael Jackson's death first came from the internet and not from TV news anchor.
TMZ.com was the first website to release the news of the 50 year-old pop star's death. But it was only after the more established news organisations confirmed the singer's death did many believe TMZ's report.
The celebrity web site TMZ.com. broke the news of Jackson's death at 7.20am Melbourne time.
It was a huge scoop for the AOL-owned TMZ, though many did not believe TMZ's report until it was matched by more established news organisations.
The co-founder of Twitter said there were over twice the normal tweets per second the moment the story broke as people shared their grief and memories.
"We saw over twice the normal tweets per second the moment the story broke as people shared their grief and memories," Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in an e-mail.
With an overwhelming number of searchers wanting to verify the early reports of Jackson's death that the computers running Google's news section interpreted the fusillade of "Michael Jackson" requests as an automated attack.
As a defense mechanism, Google's news section responded to requests for information about Michael Jackson with squiggly letters known as a "captcha."
So many people wanted to verify the early reports of Jackson's death that the computers running Google's news section interpreted the fusillade of "Michael Jackson" requests as an automated attack from about 5:40 p.m. through 6:15 p.m.
As a defense mechanism, Google's news section responded to requests for information about Michael Jackson with squiggly letters known as a "captcha."
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at 04:11 on June 26th, 2009
The autopsy is going to be like going into a haunted house, you never know what you'll find.
at 04:53 on June 26th, 2009
True Master_Jim.
I read an interesting article about a senior Russian mufti's comments regarding Michael Jackson's autopsy.
Source: en.rian.ru
at 18:58 on June 26th, 2009
Liza Minnelli said
at 00:00 on June 27th, 2009
Thanks for the update.
at 05:44 on June 26th, 2009
That would be easy to explain, since The Press has to be able to verify all its sources wish the net does not have to.
It could have been a hoax as well and then the media would have looked really foolish.
at 18:55 on June 26th, 2009
You were right. TMZ.com does a good job on getting accurate information. For a tabloid, they have shown to be a good news source at times. The LA Times was reporting that MJ was in a 'coma' just by looking at MJ as he left in an ambulance. I would expect that as NP did with Huricanne Katrina and the Mumbai Terrorist attacks that News 2.0 will be more often then not the first to report breaking news.
at 00:14 on June 27th, 2009
I think this is one reason that TMZ is unlike other tabloids because they do tend to give out accurate reports Politisite. I think TMZ.com just proved that first hand news reported from the internet can be true.
at 22:14 on June 26th, 2009
An icon and a childhood unbeievable king. It hit me as he was 24 and I was 20 when thriller came out. This has touched me in a way that shocked, surprised and devastated me all in the same way. Its indescibable. RIP
at 00:19 on June 27th, 2009
Thriller was a great album Holly Reid. I was 14 when it was released. He really was a great artiste who touched so many people with his songs. May he rest in Peace.