The news of the death of Jaclyn Torealba broke Monday morning. This proved the effectiveness and fast pace of web news and blogs because there was no official announcement of the death.
Face book and web communities broke the news that she was missing. The Miami Herald made the story that an unknown guy went to the police station and guided policemen to the car where the dead body of Jaclyn Torealba was in the back seat of the car. But this story proved to be an old one when a commenter suggested having a new source and relay an updated content. The latest update was that DJ Seasunz had made the confession to police and admitted he had beaten her to death.
The advent of internet has sometimes incredible miracles regarding information propagation with enormous pace. It is becoming very powerful fast media with tremendous force to organize e.g. when Neda Soltan became the focal point of world’s community and the internet story mobilized the concerned people which further led to rallies and protests. On the contrary, it may become “diverging force” when a rumor floats on the net causing the “net sea” to propagate erroneous and false waves e.g. when a false news about a celebrity’s death is floated on the web.
Crimesider was even more agile than Miami Herald and reported the comments of Jaclyn’s father regarding how brutally her daughter was murdered and thanking those who supported and updated everyone about the brutal act.
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