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Swine Flu and Reliable News via Twitter

By: Marijean Jaggers | 04/28/2009

Tonight on WCAV CBS-19's 5pm newscast I'll be talking about the swine flu pandemic panic being proliferated via Twitter. (Luckily I don't have to say that sentence on camera.) The story has to do with the information being shared via Twitter by sources that may not be reliable.

Fortunately, there are reliable sources of news and information using the microblogging tool. We recommend following these for updates and accurate information regarding the swine flu outbreak:

• http://twitter.com/Veratect  Veratect is providing the earliest detection of new information on swine influenza.
• http://twitter.com/cnnbrk Breaking news on CNN
• http://twitter.com/CDCemergency Updates from the CDC (does not post very frequently)

Watch the newscast live on http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/

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