Joe Murphy » breaking news http://joethink.com/blog A Denver web developer and journalist's thoughts on local online journalism, community, context and storytelling. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:50:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2-bleeding BREAKING NEWS: That’s no escaped elephant; it’s only a drill (i.e. be careful in your quest to get it first) http://joethink.com/blog/2008/10/breaking-news-thats-no-escaped-elephant-its-only-a-drill-ie-be-careful-in-your-quest-to-get-it-first/ http://joethink.com/blog/2008/10/breaking-news-thats-no-escaped-elephant-its-only-a-drill-ie-be-careful-in-your-quest-to-get-it-first/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:15:54 +0000 Joe http://www.joethink.com/blog/?p=209 The Denver Post’s competition, The Rocky Mountain News, fell for a piece that came across the police wire today and posted a breaking news alert … without verifying their bit of “news” was true. Fail.

BREAKING NEWS: An elephant is on the loose at the Denver Zoo; a zookeeper is injured. That's no escaped elephant; it's only a drill

BREAKING NEWS: An elephant is on the loose at the Denver Zoo; a zookeeper is injured. That's no escaped elephant; it's only a drill

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