How Al Jazeera beat mass media in reporting 2016's Turkish Coup

The unusual activity of the Turkish military on 15 July 2016 did not go un-noticed by social media users in the country, which put media outlet Al Jazeera on alert immediately to what turned out to be a coup d'état that would greatly alter the country in its aftermath.
The news desk reacted by sending a push notification to its app users and moved to alert both Twitter and Facebook followers that the event was developing and that the unfolding events could be monitored through t