If you think Bean Dad is a symptom of a broken media ecosystem (and it certainly is), may I remind you of the SUMMER OF 2001.
Also known as the SUMMER OF THE SHARK. Networks and print media were *obsessed* with shark attacks.
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Also known as the SUMMER OF THE SHARK. Networks and print media were *obsessed* with shark attacks.
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https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/1346166278751358976
An irony is that there were actually relatively few shark attacks, but all I remember playing in the gym on CNN was shark stuff.
I also remember thinking that if this is what they need to amplify, then surely we were due for something bad. (In fact, we were.)
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I also remember thinking that if this is what they need to amplify, then surely we were due for something bad. (In fact, we were.)
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The old guard media with their vast editorial discretion amplify all sorts of dumb garbage: random kidnapping, shark attack.
Bean Dad type stuff is at least weirder and somewhat more democratic.
So I think critics of new media should recalibrate a little bit on old media.
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Bean Dad type stuff is at least weirder and somewhat more democratic.
So I think critics of new media should recalibrate a little bit on old media.
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One thing about the old stupidity cycles is that they were WAY LONGER.
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