“When the news cycle is reduced to seconds, rumours become facts even when they’re not true.” - Seth Godin
A sad, sad, twitterpated world
March 22nd, 2007 | Branding, Business, Business Writing, Citizen Marketing, Leadership, Media Training, Public Relations, Strategic Marketing, Utah Marketing, Utah PR, Utah PR Firm, Utah Public Relations, Utah SEO
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What’s changed? That’s always been the way news operates: we say it therefore it’s true. And it’s not just the internet…
We had a major traffic accident in a tunnel two days ago in Melbourne. All the free-to-air news services were explaining the causes before the police etc had been able to investigate! (And there would literally be 2 completely different explanations tauted as fact at the same time by different channels).
Most of us would rather a rumour NOT be complicated by the facts (truth be told)… Is that cynical?
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