AOL's Politics Daily Calls for a 'Slow News Movement'
Here’s how we know things have gotten out of control in the wake of the Breitbart/Sherrod story: America Online’s original content is pleading with the country to slow down the news cycle.
Walter Shapiro makes his case:
Every second, we are mentally assaulted by hyperbolic cable TV “breaking news” alerts, data bursts and Twitter trivia. Meaning and context disappear amid the bite-sized news nuggets. In the world of politics, every new poll, TV ad and opposition-research press release is treated as a game changer on par with Newt Gingrich handing down the Contract With America from Mount Sinai.
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