{"id":125,"date":"2018-04-14T11:25:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T11:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markshawbooks.com\/blog\/?p=125"},"modified":"2018-08-07T23:09:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T23:09:27","slug":"dorothy-and-smart-phones-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/dorothy-and-smart-phones-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy and Smart Phones: Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-132\" style=\"margin-top: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cell-phone3-150x150.png\" alt=\"Dorothy and Smart Phones: Then and Now\" width=\"185\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cell-phone3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cell-phone3.png 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/>News, views and commentary on social issues of importance in today\u2019s crazy world will be forthcoming in the Mark Shaw Books blog. Best of all, you\u2019ll get to weigh in with your comments, suggestions, criticisms and opinions for certain.<br \/>\nHere\u2019s a lively topic for consideration \u2013 smart phones, good, bad, or ugly? Most people, especially of the younger generation believe these phones are technological advances of the best kind, permitting instant access to current events but best of all the ability to communicate with human beings from near and far. One thing for certain, there are those who would rather lose an arm or a leg (just kidding) than lose their smart phone.<\/p>\n<p>This said, the downside to smart phones runs aplenty as well. For one thing, with the internet racing news across the globe at a rapid pace, too much \u201cfake news\u201d is generated instantly as newsmakers and those who provide the news attempt to get the scoop without sources being checked and re-checked to make sure the news is credible.<\/p>\n<p>In Dorothy Kilgallen\u2019s day and age, the news came through print, the good old fashioned newspaper. There wasn\u2019t the rush to get the story first but to get it right. She was truly a reporter of integrity, checking her sources carefully before printing word one. That\u2019s why she was so respected, why the NY Post called her \u201cthe most powerful female voice in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, here\u2019s the question for debate:<\/strong> Is the smart phone friend or foe when it comes to providing the news, and if it\u2019s a foe, what improvements can be made to make it a friend?<\/p>\n<p>Please post your comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News, views and commentary on social issues of importance in today\u2019s crazy world will be forthcoming in the Mark Shaw Books blog. Best of all, you\u2019ll get to weigh in with your comments, suggestions, criticisms and opinions for certain. Here\u2019s &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/dorothy-and-smart-phones-then-and-now\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markshawbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}