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On Thu, 20 Apr 1995 meyer@newslink.org wrote:

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> >In fact, Internet users have shown
> >time and time again that they'd just as soon surf over to a cool
> >site that offers info about hot chili sauce as they would read a
> >story about the bombing in Oklahoma City.
> 
> Maybe, but maybe not. Since the Oklahoma City bombing,
> NewsLink use (and that's a pretty good measure of 
> news interest) has soared to about quadruple its
> normal daily rate. And information providers around
> the world -- some of them amateurs -- is rushing to
> fill the information void. Look at Nando's blast
> coverage and any of the eight or so special pages
> NewsLink lists. This is as close as the print world
> comes to matching the riveting power a CNN has in
> time of tragedy. And by the way, what I'm reading 
> online is a lot better than what I'm hearing in the
> background on CNN!

Don't forget that many people don't need the "Frills" of Web access to 
get their news.  Updates have also been coming over several internet 
news-groups.  The Village Voice has some interesting remarks about some 
of the "Right-Wing" groups and their discussions of the whole thing.

Clarinet has also been providing in-depth coverag of news as it happens.

> ERIC K. MEYER                    meyer@newslink.org 

	Rex Ballard (S&P)


From rballard@cnj.digex.net Mon May  1 03:56:50 1995