Massive national news waits for no one. (Just ask Wolf Blitzer.)
It also does not discriminate in how it’s delivered. In our modern digital land-slash-hellscape, there’s no shortage of methods one can learn about breaking news, whether directly or through a small mention in a Roblox comment.
Yesterday’s news about Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential race spread like a rash once it dropped, and internet users have shared the more, let’s say, interesting ways they found out about it.
First off, there’s this text (which is how I wish I’d found out tbh).
this is how i found out about biden dropping out btw pic.twitter.com/MjPT3jwgvP
— omar ? (@tren2nowhere) July 21, 2024
Then there’s the ever-popular drag brunch breaking news interruption.
not the drag brunch joe biden announcement pic.twitter.com/u9jLNMMxmM
— hayden ⚡️ mia (@mia_spresso) July 21, 2024
Of course, there’s no beating our most trusted news sources: PopCrave, LizaMinnelliOutlives, and discourse on X:
FUCK I REALLY DID FIND OUT FROM POP CRAVE https://t.co/0V1tbnMdUP
— courtney ? (@merricats) July 21, 2024
I found out that Biden is dropping out f from the Liza Minnelli Outlives Twitter account pic.twitter.com/YstiOC8rMh
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) July 21, 2024
I can't believe I wrote a story about how I can't believe I found out about Biden on PopCravehttps://t.co/ny7GCJ41jK
— Kevin Fallon (@kpfallon) July 21, 2024
first heard about Biden dropping out from popcrave, just as the universe intended
— Alex (@alexxmalloy) July 21, 2024
no way i found out about Biden from a Shams alert
— whitney medworth (@its_whitney) July 21, 2024
Naturally, the news was hard to escape across the digital realm, no matter in what dark corners you found yourself.
cannot believe i deleted the twitter app and found out about biden dropping out via a signal message
— Jadin ?? (@jadincmoore) July 21, 2024
Some folks interpreted the news…a bit differently.
This is how I found out about Biden resigning https://t.co/Ompq3OhqpM
— lavender baj (@lavosaurus) July 22, 2024
For other people, their physical surroundings really added to the experience.
I'm at a Burger King in rural Illinois and this is what was looking at me when I heard the news pic.twitter.com/HrXuP968KZ
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 21, 2024
I found out about Joe Biden while a lady weighed her 2-month old on a food scale at the Logan Square Farmer’s Market. pic.twitter.com/TxfGQ6dNCA
— Tina Sfondeles (@TinaSfon) July 21, 2024
Great news-learning, everyone!
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