I happened to switch from a cable movie at 10:45 pm to WNBC (Channel 4) figuring I could suffer through 15 minutes of "Celebrity Apprentice" before the news came on at 11. I'm sure Donald Trump was thinking this is just a cheap Obama ploy to cut into his show and screw around with his ratings!

WNBC, while waiting for President Obama, switched back & forth from reports in NYC, DC and the Middle East, and I stuck with them for the next hour and a half. I thought they did a great job.

I felt both overwhelming joy and sadness. Joy that this maniac has finally been brought down, and sadness just thinking of 9/11. I live near Ground Zero, and know several who lost their lives that day, as well as having worked at the hospital where the majority of survivors were taken. It was a day of infamy that will never, ever be forgotten. I hope this brings some small measure of comfort to the 9/11 families.

Taking a cab to the doctor this morning, I was picked up by a Middle Eastern cab driver. The tv in the back of the cab was blaring, and this young man was beside himself with joy at Bin Laden's demise. He kept turning around to talk to me face-to-face, which was a little unsettling in rush hour traffic, but I was happy he wanted to share the moment It was a most pleasurable cab ride, and you know he got a great tip.

Now let's all say prayers for our wonderful service personnel. They have truly gone beyond the call of duty over the past several years, and this one is really for them. God Bless America.

Well, I was sleeping, having to get up at 4 AM. My wife was watching the extra inning Phillies-Mets game and, sensing I was not quite asleep, gave me the headline about Bin Laden's death. Falling back to sleep, I stayed put till my usual wake time. I quietly listened to the BBC radio World Service (yes, David, on WHYY), which included a very interesting interview with a higher up from financial giant Cantor Fitzgerald,a company that lost 658 of the 3000 victims on 9/11.The mixture of permanent grieving and fulfillment of a promise made by the US almost ten years ago to get Bin Laden was the gist of the conversation. I hadn't realized that one company had taken such a loss from that day. This was clearly a wise choice for the BBC. Add a little time at Yahoo news filling in some info. Notice, no TV. I'm home from work now, still listening to radio for coverage, earlier the Philly local Radio Times (David is very familiar with the show), which cobbled together three informative speakers in short order. Now, from NPR, Ted Koppel & Neal Conan seem to be doing a fine job. Listened a bit to Terry Gross' interview with Lawrence Wright from the noontime feed; I'll listen to the rest at 3PM. Once again, no need for TV. I can safely say that I was easily the most informed person at my blue colllar workplace; many did not even know that Bin Laden's body had already been buried at sea.This is a story without pictures, so what can TV do that a bunch of well-qualified talking heads that I do not need to see do any better?Radio is such a neglected but immediate worthy source on a story such as this. The internet can do the rest, and that is reading.

[I, too, heard the Ted Koppel NPR interview while driving in to work -- and felt very fortunate to have heard it. Damn, all these years later, I STILL miss Koppel's reasoned take on things as part of TV's mix. -- DB]

I was getting ready to leave my friends' home when my WPVI news app beeped. Checked Facebook and got the word from a friend who works for a Boston TV station. After checking with various news outlets, we settled on Al-Jazeera English via their PlayStation3 (they cut the cord, rely on Hulu & Netflix for TV). I also kept checking Twitter, since I follow a number of reporters, news producers and media outlets.

It's the most important speech Obama will make in his presidency, and he knew it.

Can't quite turn my thoughts into words right now. Nearly ten years, and there's still a hole in my heart. But in this era of instant news, I liked being able to see images of FDNY being celebrated in Times Square, of people gathering at the White House, of an entire stadium rising up to chant "USA!".

Has the American public ever been given a presentation of Osama Bin Laden that was not mediated by news media or government? We heard news reporters receiving copies of videos and Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama talk about him but we never heard any one who has met with him in recent years. I think this has contributed much to the myth of Osama Bin Laden. I would like to hear an interview of the people who were actually a part of the operation that killed him. This would help me understand that it was not just the myth Osama Bin Laden: Terrorist but that there was a person there.

Here in California I flipped the dial between NBC CNN and Fox. I watched Fox to see how the opposition would portray the President. And while everyone seemed postitive, it was still jarring to see people chanting and singing in the street. It was also obvious that none of the experts had any real info to offer so I stopped watching after 30 minutes and waited to see what came out in the morning.

Well,here's my take on Mr. Khan's comments. As many filters as we have on communication, Bin Laden was no dummy, a master manipulator and he played the information pipeline like a Stradivarius. He knew how a brief video from him would be sliced and diced by heads of state and the heads of media. Questions about it really being Bin Laden were as plenty as birthers not believing the obvious. Experts were looking at backgrounds, how energetic he looked for clues beyond the message. By this time, 2011, he was a symbol, not a leader, and had left his mark for future generations. Damage done. Others have taken the mantle of hatred and are looking for new ways to make our lives miserable. The idea that Bush started a War on Terror is as absurd as the War on Drugs. Like a War on Water during a hurricane. The problem ain't with the water, but that's all you see. This is an enemy that wears no uniform but finds new recruits without "I want you!" posters. Recruits don't march a straight line and follow a book on blowing up (hence the inability of the Times Square bomber and others to fill out some of their operations). A giant army is little match for a person with bombs strapped on themselves, willing to die as part of the mission. And when they blow, another gets idea to do it too. That, Charlie Brown, is what Terror is all about. During all of this madness, no one looks at why they feel this way nor does anyone want to address what can be done to dismantle intense feelings of hatred. Just meet blowing up with bigger blowing up. It took almost ten years for something that should/could possibly have only taken days if we were focused on the enemy and finding a true solution to the immediate trouble. 9/11/01 was a sad day in America. 9/12/01 became sadder.

I was working on a strict deadline to finish grades for graduating seniors when the French press apps on my iPad and iPod started pushing out the headlines. I had to keep working but tuned to CNN. I soon switched to the BBC, which seemed to have a more global perspective. I also read a lot of French and Italian press reports. Today, it's been NPR all the way with a quick scan of the Navy Times. I think CNN and the BBC did a good job with very little new information, but NPR has really done an excellent job providing perspective on all aspects--military, political, ethical. The Navy Times reminds us that, as satisfying as Bin Laden's death may be, it has not ended our wars abroad nor brought back those who have died.

Like Robert Creth said, I found it jarring to see celebrations in the street, although I understood the impulse. My own impulse is to put flowers on the campus memorial to the alums who died on 9/11. When I'm in Norfolk, I'll do the same at the USS Cole memorial.