How Reddit Fueled the Scanner-Happy Media to Out Innocent Boston 'Suspects' »

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If you thought the New York Post's "Bag Men" outing was bad, the most crowdsourced terror investigation in American history transformed from Internet sleuthing of FBI photos on Thursday night into a lynch mob — from Reddit to a police scanner to social media and beyond — that led to the outing of even more innocent people as would-be suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. Source Main page (current trends)

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