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If you're on here and you're looking for a resolution that isn't about weight or money or anything hard, may I offer for 2018 that you: (•_•) <) )╯ DON'T / \ \(•_•) ( (> TWEET / \ (•_•) <) )> SCANNER TRAFFIC / \
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what do you mean?
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no no that's what i mean! In general, say, in a breaking incident, a lot of people who are journalist-adjacent like to just tweet out what they're hearing on scanners, and do so without the important caveat that it's just responders talking to each other. ... so...
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a lot of bad information gets spread On Here in the immediate moments after something happens, because people think what they heard on a scanner is verified or confirmed, when more often than not it's, well, not.
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so best practice for journalists in breaking news situations is to realize how easy that misinformation can spread and to not take part in it. Or to do so with a GIANT grain of salt.
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