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Monday, December 6, 2010

"The 24/7 information beast favours bite-size news"

Chantal Hébert in the Toronto Star:

"As counterintuitive as it may seem, a 24/7 news environment offers less rather than more space and time for the extensive parliamentary reporting of the past.

"The demands of feeding a round-the-clock information beast usually favour bite-size news to the detriment of meaty debates that need more time-consuming media ministrations to be properly digested."

Full article: Hébert: The 24/7 information beast favours bite-size news

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