At night, Kevin Merida, the executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, took off his glasses and lay down to sleep when a loud ringtone from the phone pierced the silence from outside.
His wife slapped him on the side, chiding him for not turning off his phone, and told him to quickly go and answer it.
Mr. Merida sighed, put on his thick glasses again, and went outside to answer the call.
The call was from James, an entertainment reporter at the newspaper. James informed him that just moments ago, Link had posted a tweet responding to Lil Wayne and the rumors circulating online in the past few days.
James believed this tweet was highly newsworthy and might become a major news story tomorrow. He suggested that he take a look and consider writing a report on it tomorrow.
Mr. Merida sighed helplessly. In the days before the internet, hot news came once a few days or even months.
Sometimes, for lack of good news, they would fabricate false news.