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The Digital Rush, along with dire business needs, led the media to two key reversals. First, they flipped from neutral coverage to progressivism. Second, they flipped from covering news for a broader audience to focusing on topics promoted by activists.
Andrey Mir • The Digital Reversal. Thread-saga of Media Evolution
Watching Roger evangelize with his usual gusto about “the most important invention in history since the Internet,” Charlie said to the others, with
Nathaniel Popper • Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
(My 93-year-old mother has kept her subscription to the Washington Post strictly because she loves the crossword puzzles. I have shown her websites teeming with crossword puzzles, but she remains unmoved. My mother wants her bundle, and belongs to the last generation to do so.) Information sought a less grandiose, less industrial level of circulati
... See moreMartin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
A typical offering on Correct The Record’s website included features such as “David Brock Calls on GOP to Disavow Trump,” “Trump Rally, Again, Glorifies Violence,” “Trump/Fox News Lies About Clinton Foundation Investigation,” “Donald Trump’s History of Discrimination, Racist Comments, and Support,” and “Hillary Clinton’s Accomplishments as Secretar
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Banking, done in the proper German fashion, is less a free enterprise than a utility. “Why should you pay twenty million to a thirty-two-year-old trader?” Müller asks himself. “He uses the office space, the IT, the business card with a first-class name on it. If I take the business card away from that guy he would probably sell hot dogs.” This man
... See moreMichael Lewis • Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
nytimes.com • Opinion | Michael Goldhaber, the Cassandra of the Internet Age - The New York Times
David Teiger, a New York–based collector in his late seventies.
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