Comments on: How fast does news travel?

By: sweet sensation

sweet sensation — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:51:59 +0000

at the speed of misinformation. which is lightspeed.
the truth often takes a bit longer /
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By: Loramendi

Loramendi — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:35:59 +0000

I'm amazed. It travels faster than warp drive. I think the news media has Star Trek beat.
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By: Anita

Anita — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:30:59 +0000

Faster than light I say………. especially if its exciting and enticing!
.. and what more……the the final version of it may take up several grotesque and hilarious forms! lol
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By: Droid142857

Droid142857 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:10:59 +0000

It's like the question of how fast the Big Bang Explosion was. It expanded and created space as it was blowing outward, so in that sense it was faster than light. This is because news does not just travel outward in one direction, but it flows horizontally along each level it reaches, to fill that "tier". And since only 6 degree/tiers separate any two people alive on this planet, I'll guess that the Speed of News is 1/6 th Lightspeed. That would be approximately 60,000 miles per second, or 72,000 km /sec.
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By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:55:59 +0000

News has come along way from smoke signals. The speed of traveling news depends on the avenue of transport. I would say the shortest (fastest) route between one and another is telepathy, as in prayer.
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By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:34:59 +0000

Faster then anything else in this world
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By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:19:59 +0000

Goes Blazing
faster than light ……………….
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By: John G

John G — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:00:59 +0000

Many factors come into play.
If its good news or bad (good/slow – bad/fast in general)
If it effects the general populous
How many people are around
How many people the people who heard the news know (huh?)
Of course now-a-days with the internet its just a matter of if its on the yahoo home page or not.
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By: karkeeraj™

karkeeraj™ — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:40:59 +0000

Too fast. Depends on the type of news.
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By: Cyber Ninja

Cyber Ninja — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:31:59 +0000

REALLY fast, specially if it's BAD news.
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