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"Any other major event in the world I've never experienced it this way before. All this information coming at me you didn't know exactly what was going to turn out to be true and what was going to turn out to be false," said Olguin.
And much of it was just that. From naming the wrong suspect to spreading incorrect information, social media at times became a home for the false, a fact one prominent twitter user noticed first hand.
In this age of instant reporting, tweets and blogs, there is a temptation to latch on to any bit of information sometimes to jump to conclusions," said President Obama.
But as news broke the second bombing suspect had been arrested and it was all over, it became clear which screen many the world over were turning to.
You don't wait to get the morning newspaper. It's right now and it doesn't matter if it is entirely the whole story," said Olguin.
"Any other major event in the world I've never experienced it this way before. All this information coming at me you didn't know exactly what was going to turn out to be true and what was going to turn out to be false," said Olguin.
And much of it was just that. From naming the wrong suspect to spreading incorrect information, social media at times became a home for the false, a fact one prominent twitter user noticed first hand.
In this age of instant reporting, tweets and blogs, there is a temptation to latch on to any bit of information sometimes to jump to conclusions," said President Obama.
But as news broke the second bombing suspect had been arrested and it was all over, it became clear which screen many the world over were turning to.
You don't wait to get the morning newspaper. It's right now and it doesn't matter if it is entirely the whole story," said Olguin.