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Mr.Generous

While browsing MSE over the weekend I casually announced to my wife about the Tesco Bank hacking - having read first hand accounts on here. On Sunday I read out the breaking story about the prison riot, nothing on BBC wife checked.

I do tend to trust the first hand factual accounts people give - having a nationwide crew of reporters ready to shout about the latest breaking story anywhere in the country must be great for the site.

Although I've lurked around for a few years it has become my go to site for chat and interesting stuff generally. Whats the biggest story you remember breaking on here - or at least the first you've heard of it?

DoaM

This is probably more relevant in Discussion Time ... your post is tenuously a Praise (for MSE foumites), tentatively a warning (don't trust what BBC website for up-to-date news) and nothing like a vent.

forgotmyname

Nothing like a trusted story,

BBC news...
1000 customers affected
then its 1000's but less than 10,000
then another page states 20,000 customers affected?

Go on flip a coin and guess which one is right?

peachyprice

Mr.Generous wrote: »

Whats the biggest story you remember breaking on here - or at least the first you've heard of it?

Probably the Crown Currency fraud. Although some of us saw that one coming

pappa_golf

they have not mentioned whats happening with tobrerone yet!

very slack reporting MSE

Nile

Yes, I've noticed that the MSE forum members post a thread about a news item well before Sky or BBC tell us. I seem to remember that is was an MSE forum member that reported on the death of Michael Jackson first.

JReacher1

I imagine it's because respectable news sources want official clarification of a story before posting it. If the BBC post a story that is false it'll be bad for them.

On the forum anyone can just post a story as it doesn't matter if it's proved false.

pappa_golf

PS:

america has got a new president , just heard it on the short wave crystal set