Is Google falling behind?

When the news came that Tim Russert had passed away, Google News was late with the story by about an hour, citing technical problems.
A story in The New York Times today analyzes if Google has fallen behind as a go-to site for breaking news. The story says, "six years after its start, Google News appears to be stuck in neutral and struggling to keep up with rivals."
“I’ve actually been surprised at how little it has evolved, at least on the surface,” said Dan Gillmor, director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at the journalism school of Arizona State University. “I’m guessing that Google isn’t so sure what to do with it.”
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