The Living Story (as told by Google)

Google's come out with a new format called Living Story, which proposes to change the way news is received and digested.  It's kind of a cool idea which permits newsers to produce a destination rather than a story for chosen topics.  Think, "War in Afghanistan" for instance:  one horrendous subject, many small stories which put together make for many sleepless nights.  Oh, sorry!  I meant, which make for a more comprehensive story.

It's a great idea, which many newspapers and some web sites (like the old Court TV, wherever that may be these days) have done by hand, cutting and pasting stories and ensuring links don't die while the given story has currency.  Good thing they didn't have the web during the last 'hundred years' war", or who knows what an "in-depth news story" page might have looked like.

The concept is a great one, and there will no doubt be many news companies which will go out and get them some of these pages for their presentations. 

Now, if someone could just develop a truth-o-meter, fact-checking genie, or whatever clever appellation you may wish to identify situations where the facts of the event don't precisely exactly match the facts reported!

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