Amateur’s hour
A MAN broadcasts via Facebook Live the moment a sniper gunned down five policemen in Dallas. With her dying boyfriend next to her, a woman in a car recounts with stunning composure how just seconds before he was shot by a police officer after a traffic stop in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Citizens live-stream the aftermath of an attempted coup in Turkey. A woman cannot contain her excitement about a mask of Chewbacca, a Star Wars character, she has just bought, earning her 160m views on Facebook (pictured).
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Amateur’s hour”
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