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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShoutout to flamingdem and the "crew" furiously reporting scanner transmissions.
We knew what was going on IMMEDIATELY! The real deal, not the speculation they have to fill the TV time with. It was an amazing experience!
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LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)CBS had several reporters around the area, but they were yammering away speculating while the word had already gone out on DU.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Your reports were our go-to source for the latest news.
Triana
(22,666 posts)...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)Apparently the internet isn't so easily gotten rid of.
dkf
(37,305 posts)Wow what craziness.
Tree-Hugger
(3,364 posts)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)INCREDIBLE!!!
malaise
(267,808 posts)lapislzi
(5,762 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I went back to my mundane daily grind on my local scanner.
I lost it after fifteen minutes
gateley
(62,683 posts)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)My ears just perked, possible brush fire behind a local shopping center.
Sounds smallish. (Better stay smallish)
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)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)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 !!!
OneGrassRoot
(22,917 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)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.
flamingdem
(39,304 posts)that was a memorable day! We were living history right here on the DU
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Just sayin'...
Skittles
(152,964 posts)VERY damaging
ellie
(6,927 posts)That was great! My husband came home from work and we listened to the scanner as we ate dinner. Very cool!