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Sunday, May 1, 2011
The Twitter Who First Leaked the News of bin Laden's Death?
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:36 PM
About half an hour before President Obama's announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed by special forces, the news was spreading like fire across the Twittersphere. So who was the first person to leak the word? According to the NYT, it was Keith Urbahn (not the C&W singer married to Nicole Kidman), former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's chief of staff. This was his Tweet.
Mr. Urbahn quickly added, “Don’t know if it’s true, but let’s pray it is.” He was credited by many on the Web with breaking the news, though he did not have first-hand confirmation.
More interesting notes on how the news spread, here.
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I wish the speech had been given at the time that was first announced, watching the CNN anchors hyperventilate for an hour wasn't pretty.
Then seeing the news leak all over the place (thanks a LOT, Mr. Loose Lips Urbanh!) really killed the suspense (though at least it calmed my fears that Obama would announce that some terrible calamity was upon us, such as a rift in the space-time continuum, or a sequel to "The Dukes of Hazzard.")
Then seeing the news leak all over the place (thanks a LOT, Mr. Loose Lips Urbanh!) really killed the suspense (though at least it calmed my fears that Obama would announce that some terrible calamity was upon us, such as a rift in the space-time continuum, or a sequel to "The Dukes of Hazzard.")
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