On May 1st, 2011, Osama Bin Laden was killed by a U.S. attack force in Abbottabad, Pakistan. President Barack Obama made the announcement to the world late that night. Unsurprisingly, Twitter exploded at the news. Using software written in the Processing programming language I was able to collect 73,000 tweets that had "bin laden" as keywords. To stay up to date on the event and its aftermath I have included an RSS feed from Google News below.
- Purported bin Laden tape slams U.S. role in Pakistan - CNN
Purported bin Laden tape slams U.S. role in Pakistan CNN - Satellite Photo of China’s Osama bin Laden Compound Replica Goes Viral - Newsweek
Satellite Photo of China’s Osama bin Laden Compound Replica Goes Viral Newsweek - Pakistan’s Osama bin Laden Report: Was Pakistan Clueless or Complicit in Harboring Bin Laden? - Brookings
Pakistan’s Osama bin Laden Report: Was Pakistan Clueless or Complicit in Harboring Bin Laden? Brookings - Timeline: Osama bin Laden, over the years - CNN
Timeline: Osama bin Laden, over the years CNN - Bin Laden's wives -- and daughter who would 'kill enemies of Islam' - CNN
Bin Laden's wives -- and daughter who would 'kill enemies of Islam' CNN - Why bin Laden was radicalized - CNN
Why bin Laden was radicalized CNN - Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan - CNN
Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan CNN - Bin Laden killing caps decade-long manhunt - CNN
Bin Laden killing caps decade-long manhunt CNN - More lawmakers want photos of bin Laden's body released - CNN
More lawmakers want photos of bin Laden's body released CNN - Courier who led U.S. to Osama bin Laden's hideout identified - CNN
Courier who led U.S. to Osama bin Laden's hideout identified CNN - World leaders react to news of bin Laden's death - CNN
World leaders react to news of bin Laden's death CNN - Commentary: Where's Osama bin Laden? - CNN
Commentary: Where's Osama bin Laden? CNN - Abbottabad -- The military town where bin Laden hid in plain sight - CNN
Abbottabad -- The military town where bin Laden hid in plain sight CNN - Toobin: 5 hurdles if bin Laden had been taken alive - CNN
Toobin: 5 hurdles if bin Laden had been taken alive CNN - Officials: Bin Laden 'complacent' in Pakistan, no sign of escape plan - CNN
Officials: Bin Laden 'complacent' in Pakistan, no sign of escape plan CNN