$0 By peterj On 2016-12-23 06:02:47 In Newz/Politicz
5 Reasons Fake News Killed Facts In 2016
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-fake-news-killed-facts-in-2016/
And just when it seemed like everyone was scrambling to be the fastest, most reactionary source of ratings... the internet became a thing. Suddenly media bullshit broke the physical realm like a thizzing Neo -- and the time between an event happening and someone reporting on it got wafer thin. In the peak of internet news, the need to be first quickly became infinitely more dire than the need to be right. Sites began clumsily ejecting every lead like a diarrhoeal horse on a high-speed treadmill.
And just when it seemed like everyone was scrambling to be the fastest, most reactionary source of ratings... the internet became a thing. Suddenly media bullshit broke the physical realm like a thizzing Neo -- and the time between an event happening and someone reporting on it got wafer thin. In the peak of internet news, the need to be first quickly became infinitely more dire than the need to be right. Sites began clumsily ejecting every lead like a diarrhoeal horse on a high-speed treadmill.