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June 26, 2009
News Of Michael Jackson’s Death First Spread Online - Most Tweets Per Second Since Barack Obama Elected
It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson’s death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.
Some of the initial reports from various outlets were confusing: Was Jackson still alive? Was he in a coma? They spread like wildfire across news sites, social media networks and Twitter.
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