<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/keen-on-new-m-1.html">Keen on New Media: Silence is golden</a>

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Can we blame our new 24-hour electronic news culture for the global financial meltdown? Certainly, the financial "experts" on television, radio and the internet have all contributed to the fundamental crisis of confidence that has enveloped the global economic system.