A Google search of Boone’s name tells us something about the media landscape today. I broke the news at 12:36. Best I can tell, Alan Peppard was next, at 12:47. (I suspect, though cannot say with certainty, that he already knew about the divorce and had not reported it because he’s more of a gentleman than I but was forced by my post to put up his own.) Then came the Washington Post, the Sacramento Bee, and others. None of those who followed bothered to mention who broke the news. Because breaking news is worthless. In our digital age, news is everywhere all at once, and it matters not one whit that someone had it 10 minutes before someone else. Which is why my 5,000-word analysis of the Pickenses’ marriage, including how it unravelled and affected the emotional lives of their dogs, will be all the more impactful. (Kidding.)
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