nanostory


an intense media narrative about a current event that is intended to make a large, sophisticated problem seem both very personal and incendiary.

symbolic narratives distinguished by the intensity of the short-term dialogue they create and the speed with which they dissipate.

from “and then there’s this” by bill wasik
last week’s nanostory was sarah palin’s claim that a obama-created “death panel” could choose to euthanize her infant son with down syndrome.

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