Bob Woolmer's death and the media

I was absolutely stunned last night at about 8pm South African time when I was alerted by news24's SMS service of the Bob Woolmer story. At that point I received a simple SMS stating that Bob had been found in his room and was being rushed to hospital. In the time it took me to turn around and ask someone on the room with me to put on Sky news I had received and email alert and someone had chatted to me about it. Then Sky was put on the TV and it was announced that he had been pronounced dead.There has been a fair amount of coverage regarding the story and I am saddened by Bob Woolmer's death. What amazed me was how in touch I felt. I had all the necessary information at my finger tips and was alerted of his death at the same time as his best friend on Sky news. In my mind this illustrates the extent to which our media has progressed.

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