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February 25, 2009
Posted: 03:52 PM ET
Twitter Users Broke The News! (iReport) Something to take note of today, and it's one of my favorite things to talk about. It's about smashing that piece of glass that separates you and me. Every time you, the TV news viewer, can reach news organizations directly, reach THE WORLD directly, I get very excited. It's the very reason I keep my newscast interactive. You have input, you help us decide how to fill my hour of CNN, and sometimes you do our jobs for us. It happened today: a commercial airliner crashed this morning in the Netherlands. A horrible scene. A Boeing 737 broke into pieces and at least nine people died. But do you know how we learned about it? The first pictures and the first details came from Twitter users. People who saw the plane go down broke the story, took the first images, and described the scene. Not professional journalists, but people like you, who used the web and their followers to spread the word. See the amazing iReport pictures here. By the way, I mentioned that nine people died in this horrible crash? Well, get this: 125 people survived. That's nothing short of impossible to believe after seeing the horrific wreckage. The Turkish Airlines jet crashed into a field short of the runway in Amsterdam. Police say that at least three crew members are among the dead. This was no "Landing on the Hudson" - but it was no Buffalo, NY tragedy either. We're sad for those killed - and amazed that so many others walked away.
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These people have all been asked to come on Rick's newscast and talk to him live. In person, on the phone, by morse code, WE DON'T CARE! They've all either declined our invitation or simply chosen to not respond. C'mon...what are you afraid of? We'd love to scratch your name off this list!
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