the noise ratio in the comments was disgusting

I was listening to a scanner feed, and every time the cops said ANYTHING there would be like 20-30 people commenting what was said. But later that day, they were pretty much handing out awards to the people who ran those threads and "kept people informed and safe". They're hoisting them up as heroes, and all they did was transcribe a police scanner feed word for word... that's it.

Don't get me wrong, it was nice someone was making a time line of events, but was it journalism? No. Was it reporting? No. Was it investigative? No. Was it accurate? Mostly, no. But was it fast? YES. I just go to those threads for the scanner feeds and then leave, because it's just a cluster-fuck of comments.

I really don't get why that community thinks listening to a scanner feed and typing exactly what they hear makes them the best form of news on the planet. I really don't get the "Reddit does a better job at reporting than all the other news networks" circle-jerk. It's grand standing, self entitled, and horribly misplaced.

If it wasn't for the scanner feeds, they'd have absolutely nothing. Think about that.