Sure Thing

“The Internet will strut an hour upon the stage, and then take its place in the ranks of the lesser media.” 

—Simon Jenkins, former editor, The London Times, 1996, quoted in Jill Lepore, “Does Journalism Have a Future?” The New Yorker, Jan. 28, 2019.

 

• Editorial Comment: That goofy “light bulb” thing will never catch on either.

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