Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much!
Visit your favorite shopping mall – if you still have a favorite – and you can already see the seismic shift in retail taking place across the country. When was the last time you visited a Sports Authority, or RadioShack? What about bargain retailers like Payless Shoes, or kid-friendly stops like Gymboree?
Favorite athlete gets in trouble at a nightclub under nebulous circumstances? Fake news. Politician acts directly against the interests of his or her base, but it’s a politician the base happens to really like? Fake news. Respected writer makes a detailed, fact-based case in favor of a policy or position you don’t like? Must be full of fake news. See something else you don’t like on the news? That’s probably fake news, too. Why not just add a “fake news” button to all the major social channels, so people can shoot down any story they don’t like without taking the time to spell out the words?
The scare-mongering that’s going around today about data usage is driving me up the wall. When I see people having meltdowns about Facebook using their data to deliver content to them, I’m thinking: “WHERE THE F*** HAVE YOU ALL BEEN, under a freaking rock???”