In addition to its obvious importance as a political football, the Supreme Court's ruling on the health care reform is interesting as a study in the propagation of information -- and error -- across the media universe, including social media. For those readers who haven't already guessed what I'm referring to, CNN.com screwed the pooch in a big way this morning, with a banner headline reporting that the Supreme Court struck down the individual mandate which is the centerpiece of the health care reform. ...Read the whole story
Now that school's out for summer-if not technically out for forever, as noted American philosopher Vincent Damon Furnier (a.k.a. Alice Cooper) once opined-it's worthwhile to consider the media consumption habits of teens during the dog days of the season. ...More