>Twitter is still the best place to hear and read about breaking news.

only if you don't care if what you're reading is true or not. I never really understood twitter or sites with user generated content as a medium for news. I'm just as well off waiting until some news room checks it and reports it in a format that doesn't have me wasting time scrolling through a sea of posts.

The only thing I need in the next five minutes is an earthquake or flood warning and for that I thankfully live in a place that has a public alert system.