Thursday, December 04, 2008

Pondering ...

... An American suicide.

News of Wallace's suicide first broke on the Twitter page of the Brooklyn-based writer Edward Champion. By the time the mainstream media picked up the story, Champion was already gathering tributes and testimonials from the "literary community" on his blog, the comments box of which was soon filling up with expressions of shock and anguish from Wallace's fans.
A perfect demonstration of how new media has superseded old media.

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