The book grew out of reporting that you do for the new yorker. Can you explain that work and led to the genesis of the book . Yeah. 2014,2015, i was writing for the new yorker. Its a magazine that allows people to kind of roam and be generalists and sort of go interestingy find stories. And something that i was finding whatesting at the time was the internet was doing to us as a society, in terms of our information streams. It wasnt really political in my time. T that it was just sort of, what happens when the trusted systems break down and people no longer know whats vs. Or whats important irrelevant or how to spend their time . And so i was looking at this, as story, as a business story. I was looking at click bait farms and how they get you the click on things and sort of waste your time and how they make money from that. 2015,en in the middle of there was a Big Press Conference trump camewer and down the escalator and then i suddenly thought, you know, all ofse forces ive been sort
Extremists and the hijacking of the american conversation. And theoutopians, hijacking of the american conversation. Andrew marantz, thank you for joining us. If i understand it correctly, the book grew out of reporting that you do for the new yorker. Can you explain that work and how it led to the genesis of the book . Andrew yes, so around 2014, 2015, i was writing for the new yorker. And you know, its a magazine that allows people to kind of roam and be generalists and sort of go wherever they find interesting stories. And something that i was finding interesting at the time was what the internet was doing to us as a society, in terms of our information streams. It wasnt really political in my mind at that time. It was just sort of what happens when the trusted systems of information break down and people no longer know whats true or whats important vs. Irrelevant or how to spend their time . And so, i was looking at this as a tech story, as a business story. I was looking at click
Generalists and clever with it the fight interesting stories. Something outside in interesting at the time was what the internet was doing to us as a society in terms of our information streams. It wasnt political in my mind at that time. It was sort of what happens when the trusted systems of information breakdown and people no longer know whats true of whats important versus irrelevant or how to spend their time. I was looking at this as a tech story, as the business story. I was looking at clickbait farms and had to get you to click on things and waste your time and have make money from that. And then in the middle of 2015 there was a Big Press Conference at trump tower and trumpkim down the escalator and then i suddenly thought, all these forces ive been looking at about how informational architecture online is changing us, thats a political store as well. From there it was kind of off to the races. Host you group your book into two groups of people if i understand it correctly, an
For several hours, there are reports that the stimulus package now being prepared maybe the first of many, in other words, congressman Congress Rather and the administration will throw whatever they have at the virus problem. The fed is pumping a trillion dollars into the economy and that appears to be helping market sentiment. Green across the board there. All of them up limit, 5 up. Lets see how we open at the market this morning. Now, again, when we open this morning prices will be freed up so we can move up from the 5 gain and looking at etfs, here is anxiety indicater. Do you realize it was 1. 3 a few days ago . Gold this morning i believe is down a little bit more. Okay, we will find it. Look at the average price of gasoline. 2. 30. Ten cents lower than a week ago. Gas is falling really fast. I call that good news. The whole country maybe slowing down as we separate out but the virus news coming quick and fast. The wife of canadas Prime Minister Trudeau Sophie tested positive. Pr
Economy some more and the dow will hit, wait for it, 32,000 this year. Thats optimism. Were at 29,000 right now. Then theres this, the New York Times issues its endorsement for the democrats nominee. The times is the bible of the Democrat Party and they split their decision. Theyve endorsed Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren. This is fascinating. Not biden, not bernie, not the former mayor of new york, bloomberg, no, left and far left is the times choice. Later today, the president flies off to the global elite get together known as davos. Picture this, please, the president fresh off trade wins and a growing prosperous economy, addressing over there while the trump haters over here try to impeach him. Im not keen on the expression but you cant make it up. Varney company the tenth Anniversary Edition is about to begin. Stuart watch out. Situation, step aside. I dont have tattoos and i wear a baseball cap the right way around but im going to fit right in, google. Weather, new york today