(2016-11-29) We Dont Have A Fake News Problemwe Are The Fake News

Ryan Holiday: We Don’t Have a Fake News Problem—We Are the Fake News Problem

The real difference today is that instead of one column with a few dozen items in it, those items are now broken apart into individual stories. Each one of those stories is designed to be shared and can spread on its own. Instead of one syndicated gossip columnist competing with a few other gossip columnists at newspapers with paying subscribers, we now have tens of thousands of gossip-mongers competing with thousands of other gossip-mongers (millions in all), trying to be heard over each other.