Ok. But, are we just passive? Has there been an uptick in activism as well?
Link: Too Much News? – NYTimes.com
And the news is not just consequential, but whipsaw-volatile. Financial markets swing hundreds of points within an hour; poll numbers shift. This means that news these days has an unbelievably short shelf life, news addicts said. If you haven’t checked the headlines in the last half-hour, the world may already have changed.
(and why does the NYT always have a gratuitous link to the Jeebus-phone?)
