Mumbai bloggers

     Overall, the coverage over the mumbai attacks last week were pretty good.  I was impressed with how many other people commented on how twitter was their first introduction to the event.  The best part about it was, obviously, that the news came quick and short, just the way the american people want it.  Not only was it short sentence updates, but it was quick pictures and video clips, when wanted.  The other plus that I've seen with the mumbai posts on twitter is that there are more types of stories covered, even after the event occurred.  

     The weakness and concern that most people have with all of this is questioning whether or not it's all accurate.  Is there really a way to tell if these blog posts are 100% accurate.  There simply isn't a filter for this news to go through.

     However, that being said, the nature of blogs and twitter used to post help notes, quickly gained attention from other bloggers, which in turn notified major news companies, and before you know it, more correct news flowed faster to the public as a result of these small posts.  It was interesting that this was started by those involved in the actually event and even by those who died in the event.  If it wasn't for blogging, their would be a much different kind of news to report about the Mumbai attacks.