Overload!
The paradox is that CJR writes what could have been a good, thoughtful article about information overload. But it dithers along with such meaningless statements as “The information age’s effect on news production and consumption has been profound.” I mean really? You don’t see the paradox in writing seven, very loosely edited pages about information overload? This is the exact problem with how the news industry treats this topic. It’s not that they don’t know it exists. Surely an AP editor living in the bustle of New York already knew people are overwhelmed (though there is some magic that occurs when you pay someone untold sums to tell you what you already knew). But they’re making all the wrong decisions about how to help their readers coupe. News organizations need to start producing less meaningless information and help news consumers aggregate, summarize and make meaningful connections among existing information.