http://www.weswilson4.com/balloon-boy-story-shows-power-of-social-media/ Thoughts on Sports, Journalism & Social Media Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:35:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.weswilson4.com/balloon-boy-story-shows-power-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jason Peck Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:59:49 +0000 http://weswilson4.com/?p=79#comment-5 I found out about the Balloon Boy incident from the CNN iPhone App. Couldn't believe CNN sent me an alert for that story, but whatever. It is pretty amazing how fast it spread. I like this part from your story, and I think it sums up the power of social media pretty well: "CNN can’t be everywhere at once, but its millions of viewers can be. " I found out about the Balloon Boy incident from the CNN iPhone App. Couldn’t believe CNN sent me an alert for that story, but whatever. It is pretty amazing how fast it spread. I like this part from your story, and I think it sums up the power of social media pretty well: “CNN can’t be everywhere at once, but its millions of viewers can be. “

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