• The Hollywood Reporter, Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:51 PM

Here's a quick report by Lindsay Powers on how the media. social and otherwise, rushed to cover the news that Libyan dictator Col. Moammer Gadhafi had been killed -- from first unconfirmed reports on the Web, to having "multiple spellings of Gadhafi's name instantly bec[o]me Twitter trending topics," to cable news channels airing a "gruesome cell phone video" of the dead guy.

All of which provides insight on how a major breaking news story goes public these days. As for us, we turned to the New York Times Web site for official confirmation in bold, all-caps headlines.

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