It really has gotten this bad. Total media meltdown, with devastating long-term consequences http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-taibbi-on-the-summer-of-the-media-shill-w434484 …pic.twitter.com/Z2HA7fMtTT
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Widespread tethering to Twitter also a factor. I have had to dramatically curate my intake, or else I'd go insane.
It's still useful as ever, but careful curation needed to avoid descent into madness.
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