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2. His name was never on any police scanner

Wed Apr 24, 2013, 04:44 PM

Apr 2013

Multiple groups of people have been crowdsourcing logs of the police scanner chatter and none of them have found a reference to Tripathi, either. It's just not there.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/it-wasnt-sunil-tripathi-the-anatomy-of-a-misinformation-disaster/275155/

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The tragedy of Sunil Tripathi [View all] marmar Apr 2013 OP

That Does Not Explain Police Scanner Chatter SoCalMusicLover Apr 2013 #1

His name was never on any police scanner oberliner Apr 2013 #2

Fair Enough.... SoCalMusicLover Apr 2013 #3

I think one person Tweeted out the two names oberliner Apr 2013 #5

I believe you are correct nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #9

Exactly oberliner Apr 2013 #6

I Did Not Realize That SoCalMusicLover Apr 2013 #7

I was right there with you oberliner Apr 2013 #10

I Feel Sad For The Family Of Now Deceased Student SoCalMusicLover Apr 2013 #11

Me too magellan Apr 2013 #12

Did you follow the Murdoch hearings in England? malaise Apr 2013 #13

Swing and a miss... Earth_First Apr 2013 #14