Saturday, June 20, 2009

New Gen News, Redeux

A gentle rejoinder to the generation who waits for the news to find you. There is probably a reason why that news is looking for you. It wants you to do something. Support something. Vote for something. Pay for something – directly through commerce or indirectly through politics. Do something.

These days, the important news – the really valuable stuff on issues that impact your life – is what you find.

Remember the good, late, Lord Northcliffe:

News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress.
All the rest is advertising.

In a world of info push, you’ve got to wonder, why do they want me to know that?

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