For the past few years, I've seen a number of blogs, and particularly Ace of Spades refer to the legacy media as "The Deciders." I didn't realize its origin was this quote from David McCumber, managing editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
"I understand that people have a hard time with the concept that we get to decide what is news and what isn't, and what is fair and what isn't."
Robert places that quote into sharp context--and reminds the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer who the real deciders are: consumers, i.e., the readers--or
the lack thereof.
Summon the meteors--because, "Sometimes, the future shows up way sooner than anyone expected."