The benefits of having your head in the sand — kottke.org

Ira Glass doesn't have any idea who Jill Abramson was or that she was fired. Jill Abramson was fired. I have no idea what you're talking about. Jill Abramson got fired from the New York Times. Okay. And she was who? The executive editor. Okay. I read the newspaper, but I live in my own little bubble. When did that happen? Wednesday. And it's been a massive ... the blogosphere is going wild. I hate reading media news so I actively sort of - I'm not interested in someone getting fired. No disrespect to people that are, but I literally had no idea who she was, or that she got fired until this moment.

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