Where would today's news be without the public and their camera phones?
Citizen journalism has helped big news channels break stories when disaster strikes for many years now.
If an earthquake tragically destroys a city, instead of getting the heck out of a collapsing building, someone is guaranteed to pause for a moment to capture the catastrophe on their camera phone. The grainy, shocking images are then available to show the world first-hand what we are all desperate to know.
And not forgetting, when a certain London Mayor gets stuck on a zip wire in Victoria Park. Opportunity knocks and the crowd can share the hilarity with the rest of the population who were unfortunately not there to witness the spontaneous entertainment.
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