The New Orleans New Year's truck-terrorism massacre produced the usual deluge of "leap to conclusions" posts, on my social media feed, on news channels, and from the government itself.
We used to play that game at WSJ's Best of the Web when James Taranto wrote it. Making top 10 in comments was considered braggable. Leave a placeholder, then read the article, then edit the comment to something relevant. :)
Modern technology has driven nearly everyone to be satisfied by instant gratification….. even people in rural careers like ranching and farming. Need to know NOW! Or guess about it NOW!
A sense of entitlement to instant information has grown ever since cable news went 24 hours. No matter that those stations would fill their time with fluff and fact-less opinion much of the time, we expect instant answers.
I used to boast of being the first to leave you a comment 😆
We used to play that game at WSJ's Best of the Web when James Taranto wrote it. Making top 10 in comments was considered braggable. Leave a placeholder, then read the article, then edit the comment to something relevant. :)
Modern technology has driven nearly everyone to be satisfied by instant gratification….. even people in rural careers like ranching and farming. Need to know NOW! Or guess about it NOW!
A sense of entitlement to instant information has grown ever since cable news went 24 hours. No matter that those stations would fill their time with fluff and fact-less opinion much of the time, we expect instant answers.