Faster Politics

[windansea]

Faster Politics
Mickey Kaus
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at 1:02 PM PT


My friend Bruce Feiler had a thought that he said I could steal. It's this:

Everybody says competition, plus the Internet, has speeded up the news cycle. You used to watch the evening news once a day, or watch Meet the Press once a week. Now you look at Salon and complain that they've had the same article up for an hour and a half. In this environment, charges and countercharges fly faster. The conventional wisdom forms, and contrarian pundits react against it, and counter-contrarians weigh in, etc., all in a day, instead of over the course of a fortnight. Call this speeding up of the news cycle Trend 1.

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http://slate.msn.com/id/2093295/

[bryant69]

1. The downside

Nothing sticks around for that long. People get a bit outraged at this scandal or that scandal, but they forget it pretty quickly.

Of course this is not likely to be the only scandal.

Bryant
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