Is social media outpacing traditional media?: Expert says social networking sites captured vital information that traditional media could not.

Even before U.S. Airways flight 1549 miraculously landed in the icy waters of the Hudson River, onlookers, who noticed how low it was flying, were already snapping pictures and taking videos with their cell phones.  By the time most news outlets started reporting the crash, people were already posting pictures to photo sharing sites and [...]