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Shoutout to flamingdem and the "crew" furiously reporting scanner transmissions. (Original Post) gateley Apr 2013 OP
DU beat the Boston CBS station by a couple of minutes LiberalEsto Apr 2013 #1
Thanks to all scanner-reporters at DU. femmocrat Apr 2013 #2
I've been listening to the police scanner.... Triana Apr 2013 #3
LOL we thought we were going to get knocked off once they realized we were listening. nolabear Apr 2013 #4
I NEVER would have guessed... dkf Apr 2013 #5
Thank you!!!! Tree-Hugger Apr 2013 #6
Many thanks to all the scanner reporters here. I really did not want to listen to TV. You were INCRE uppityperson Apr 2013 #7
For real malaise Apr 2013 #8
Props! n/t lapislzi Apr 2013 #9
When I could not connect nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #10
I lost the link flamingdem posted and couldn't get it back, but I didn't gateley Apr 2013 #11
It's an art nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #12
What I thought was funny was last night.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #14
Give it up for the scanner guys !!!! pangaia Apr 2013 #13
K&R, with gratitude!!! :) n/t OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #15
You guys would do any newsroom proud! calimary Apr 2013 #16
K&R thanks gately flamingdem Apr 2013 #17
Mostly good...supposed scanner report on "Mike Mulugeta" and "Sunil Tripathi," however, not so good alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #18
I agree Skittles Apr 2013 #19
That's right! ellie Apr 2013 #20
 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
1. DU beat the Boston CBS station by a couple of minutes
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:00 PM
Apr 2013

CBS had several reporters around the area, but they were yammering away speculating while the word had already gone out on DU.

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
3. I've been listening to the police scanner....
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:02 PM
Apr 2013

...that's where the actual info was/is. F*ck the media. They can't get anything right and weren't supposed to be reporting police locations/plans anyway.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
4. LOL we thought we were going to get knocked off once they realized we were listening.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:02 PM
Apr 2013

Apparently the internet isn't so easily gotten rid of.

Tree-Hugger

(3,364 posts)
6. Thank you!!!!
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:05 PM
Apr 2013

I have been having technological issues, so I couldn't listen to scanners myself. You guys kept us up to date quicker than the news. Thank you!!

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
7. Many thanks to all the scanner reporters here. I really did not want to listen to TV. You were INCRE
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:06 PM
Apr 2013

INCREDIBLE!!!

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
10. When I could not connect
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:11 PM
Apr 2013

I went back to my mundane daily grind on my local scanner.

I lost it after fifteen minutes

gateley

(62,683 posts)
11. I lost the link flamingdem posted and couldn't get it back, but I didn't
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:13 PM
Apr 2013

miss anything. Half the time I couldn't understand what they were saying and jumped back to the thread to read the transcription!

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
12. It's an art
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:15 PM
Apr 2013

My ears just perked, possible brush fire behind a local shopping center.

Sounds smallish. (Better stay smallish)

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
14. What I thought was funny was last night....
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:24 PM
Apr 2013

A Boston PD cop with a thick accent responded to a "shots fired" report to find a couple of guys unloading a truck. They were tossing heavy boxes and they were hitting the floor with a smack at 3:00 in the morning.

He told them to keep it down since a neighbor had called it in.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
13. Give it up for the scanner guys !!!!
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:21 PM
Apr 2013


I tried the CBS stream and almost threw up listening to Diane Sawdust and George Stefaflopaflopolous... Plus you guys WERE always way ahead of them.. HA !!!

calimary

(80,693 posts)
16. You guys would do any newsroom proud!
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 12:03 AM
Apr 2013

But don't bother trying to hire on at CNN. They only want Anthony Bourdain these days, and that little girl from CNBC who still can't get them any ratings but whose contract insists that she simply MUST be on in prime time.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
18. Mostly good...supposed scanner report on "Mike Mulugeta" and "Sunil Tripathi," however, not so good
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 04:52 PM
Apr 2013

Just sayin'...

ellie

(6,927 posts)
20. That's right!
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:41 PM
Apr 2013

That was great! My husband came home from work and we listened to the scanner as we ate dinner. Very cool!

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