And if this modest tectonic shift seemed overblown on a million info-outlets, well, much of the media has only one volume these days, and that is loud. A story isn’t just big, it isn’t just huge, it’s the only story—that is, until the next fixation (have you seen Hurricane Irene on the weather maps?) comes along to replace it.
Reflecting on the media’s treatment of yesterday’s 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Virginia, which reverberated to New York City and all the way up to Toronto.
