News and sports over the last few days have been loaded with stories that have spread quickly and have had people talking. Since the internet and especially since social media has become a way for people to "talk" about news stories, a trend has developed. It's not just the newsworthy event that gets posted but it's also the reaction. And many times, the reaction story is just as big because of the people who react.
The link below is the story about the reaction to Tiger Woods winning the Masters. Note the people who congratulated Tiger on social media.
https://www.golfchannel.com/news/social-media-reacts-tiger-woods-fifth-masters-victory
This next example below is similar yet different...People around the world took notice of the beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral burning in Paris. What's different about this is that this story focused on the newspapers around the world and the reaction rather than reaction on social media. I get it. This story was to show what hard copy newspapers showed from around the world but with so many newspapers struggling and readership down, I am still surprised this angle was taken.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/notre-drame-newspapers-around-the-world-react-to-one-of-frances-darkest-days/ar-BBVZryS?ocid=spartandhp
Googling the phrase "social media reacts" will result in several hits on news stories. I don't think this will go away as seeing how we now measure news stories' reach by clicks, reactions, retweets, and likes.
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