The old-line media ranks news in a 20th-century order:
War and statecraft
Politics
Natural and man-made disasters
Murders
Business and finance
Social issues
Local
Fine arts
Entertainment
Food and lifestyle
Fashion
Celebrities
Did we leave out technology? Oh, well, we’ll put it in business. How about design? It can go in lifestyle or somewhere…. What about personal technology, to which people have become so utterly attached?
Bret Easton Ellis describes this philosophy as Empire.
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