 Remember the title of that play "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off?" Sorry folks, its too late. The Internet has made our planet spin too fast. If you let go, you're a dead duck and if you manage to hold on you never know where you are.The days of leisurely contemplating and observing our world through the morning and evening newspapers is long gone. Even the broadcast media, at their fastest cannot keep up.
It is only on the Internet that we can be, for a nanosecond, slightly ahead of what is coming next. Turn away for a nanosecond and we are behind. That is the true definition of spin.
I am talking about what is commonly known as "news", which means new information. News happens all the time. It is pervasive and ubiquitous. It has always been thus.
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