jun 17
2008
The Media Timeline Russert's Death
Others have pointed it out, so I will too: the first site to break the news of Tim Russert's death was Wikipedia (snapshot), a half-hour before anyone else. More importantly, for those of us who work in online media, the edit was made by someone at Internet Broadcasting, a company I used to work for that produces some NBC sites. I don't know anything else, and have resisted asking.
