Dean Street Fire: Most Recorded Fire Yet?

By Adam Tinworth on July 10, 2009 4:35 PM | 2 Comments | No TrackBacks
Some footage from YouTube of the fire in Dean Street that's burning right now. Ignore the fire and watch the people:


See how many people are filming and photographing it?

That's the sea change.

Londonist has done some great aggregated coverage of it.
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By Anonymous on July 11, 2009 6:18 AM | Reply

Good observation, but this could be better phrased.

It comes across as: "Ignore the potential for human death and suffering unfolding before us, look at the citizen journalism."

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Adam Tinworth replied to Anonymous on July 11, 2009 9:44 AM | Reply

I see where you're coming from, but in the context of the blog (which is all about the new techniques of journalism), I'm sure people could figure out that that's not where I was coming from.

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