Newser Founder Gives Thumbs up for “Dumbing Down”

There may be a more ridiculous paradox in journalism than “Read Less, Know More”, but much like a successful news business model, it has yet to be discovered.

“Read Less, Know More” is the motto for the news aggregating website Newser. With these words, founder Michael Wolff’s website could be contributing to the “dumbing down” of America.

The Newser aggregating method is that of gathering news articles from mainstream news sites and reducing them to 65-120 words.  Various sites such as the Huffington Post, Spectra,  and 10X10 are also following this “quick read” format that is claimed to be the future of journalism. Meanwhile, Americans are missing out on vital information and Wolff may not be taking into consideration that he is encouraging that the nation become less knowledgeable for the sake of profit.

“I’m trying to put newspapers out of business. I mean literally,” said Wolf in an interview with CNBC.

Vicious Muggings in Lincoln Park

Several men have been robbed and viciously beaten in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, late July and early August. There have been a total of seven muggings. While five of the muggings are allegedly linked, police believe two similar muggings are possibly related. 

All the victims were men in their early to mid-20s and walking alone. Each was confronted on foot from behind by at least four attackers, who were also men in their 20s. The victims were asked for their wallets and then savagely beaten in the head and face. Two of the victims were hospitalized.

The following maplink pinpoints the locations of muggings.  The red markers are indications of the linked muggings.  The yellow are those that are still under investigation for their connection with the muggings in red.  The blue marker is a robbery that police won’t discuss but could be connected to the others.

Click  this LINK to see a detailed quickmap of the Lincoln park muggings.