You Never Know Where Quality Information Will Come From

This is an object lesson for those trying to wrest meaning from short messages published to the Internet.

You Never Know Where Quality Information Will Come From

This Twitter user, @ForeverKimK, runs a Kim Kardashian fansite: foreverkimk.tumblr.com/.

The user also posted a timely (7:12PM on Dec 26, 2011) photo indicating that there was trouble on the Red Line tonight.

The CTA posted a mild alert at the exact same time: twitter.com/#!/cta/status/151470412730085377.

The actual story was that a person was shot at or near a CTA train station:

www.suntimes.com/9661409-417/man-shot-at-cta-train-statio…

www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-man-shot-a…


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