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Facebook has added way more value to my life directly than the NYT. I have a million sources of news and commentary, mainstream and indie. The deadtree papers
by jacoblyles 15y ago
Facebook has added way more value to my life directly than the NYT. I have a million sources of news and commentary, mainstream and indie.
The deadtree papers represent the old megaphone model of information dissemination (hi capital, few speakers, many listeners). It's been obsoleted.
- ForrestN 15y agoAs someone else pointed out, a lot of that news if it pertains to current events (as opposed to, for example, startup news) either comes from the NYT or from press releases or PR people. Again, not claiming Facebook isn't very important, nor that it doesn't impact individual people directly more than the NYT. But the NYT doesn't just reflect what's happening in the world. In doing so, they also profoundly influence what's happening.