The Failure of Runaway Imaginations
Journalist Can't Fathom How Information Spreads in Today's Social Media-Fixated Society A " senior writer " at Newsweek published this "news" story earlier today, describing the situation as "terrifying.". The story accuses Donald Trump, the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, and Russian media of being in collusion with each other to interfere in our election by undermining Hillary Clinton's coronation campaign. The author, Kurt Eichenwald , is a 55-year old so-called "journalist" of the mainstream media. He offers only one explanation for the following series of events: The Russians engage in a sloppy disinformation effort and, before the day is out, the Republican nominee for president is standing on a stage reciting the manufactured story as truth. Apparently, Eichenwald can't fathom how information, in today's age of social media, the Internet, and related technologies, could possibly have wound up in the hands of a...