20 years ago, the average person was exposed to a handful of media channels. So, if they each produced one April Fools gag, they wouldn't have been annoying. N

20 years ago, the average person was exposed to a handful of media channels. So, if they each produced one April Fools gag, they wouldn't have been annoying. Now, our media diet consists of hundreds of channels, sites and blogs, and it seems like every single one of them does an April Fools gag The result is tired, formulaic humor, repeated ad nauseam.