Truth Lies Here
How can Americans talk to one another—let alone engage in political debate—when the Web allows every side to invent its own facts?… More »
Michael Hirschorn is an Atlantic contributing editor.
How can Americans talk to one another—let alone engage in political debate—when the Web allows every side to invent its own facts?… More »
The era of the Web browser’s dominance is coming to a close. And the Internet’s founding ideology—that information wants to be free, and that attempts to constrain it are not only hopeless but immoral— suddenly seems naive and stale in the new age of apps, smart phones, and pricing plans. What will this mean for the future of the media—and of the Web itself?… More »
Why the networks are surrendering prime time to Jay Leno and the Lord of the Dance… More »
The digital age demands that political candidates be authentic and accessible. But please—hold the carrots.… More »
TV can avoid the music industry’s fate and survive the digital age, but only by beating the Internet at its own game.… More »
Newspapers should try giving readers what they want, not just what editors think they need.… More »
By bringing order to the Web, Facebook could become as important to us as Google… More »
The unbearable lightness of Ira Glass, Wes Anderson, and other paragons of indie sensibility… More »
Publishers and authors should stop cowering; Google is less likely to destroy the book business than to slingshot it into the 21st century.… More »
A new wave of Web innovation is finally challenging Steve Jobs’s empire of cool.… More »
DIY video is making merely professional television seem stodgy, slow, and hopelessly last century… More »
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