<H5>Subject: Re: Will web every be best for bulletins? From: Bill Densmore <bill@Newshare.COM> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 12:43:32 -0400</H5>
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From: Bill Densmore <bill@Newshare.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 12:43:32 -0400
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Margie Wylie posted a description to this list on 04/25 about her 
experience with the OK bombing coverage. She said she heard about it 
first on the BBS World News and THEN logged on to the Internet (after 
calling her parents because she is an Oklahoma native). Her observation: 
online pubs aren't breaking stories yet, but hopefully will someday.

It strikes me that transmission of "bulletin" material is going to be the 
province of "broadcasting" for a long time to come. This is because there 
is no limit to the number of people who can listen to a news broadcast 
(assuming they are in reach of the signal). Web sites get jammed when 
there is unprecedented traffic. 

Also, most people are not full-time web surfers -- they are not online 24 
hours a day waiting for "bulletins." They would have to come in by E-mail 
at present. Most of us are far more likely, therefore, to hear first word 
of a major news event via a broadcast outline -- or a telephone call from 
a friend.

Reactions? 

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