Information Age: Brought To You By Advertising

Summary: We in AdLand know that the world, and the information in it, runs on advertising. Finally, a journalist at the Washington Post gives advertising its due. Advertising is not evil, nor is it trying to take over how information, news, and entertainment is distributed to different audiences. However, to say that advertising has done nothing to help in the spread of information would be a foolish statement. Ezra Klein of the Washington Post gives advertising the credit it deserves for being one of the main vehicles in making information for consumers not only free, but accessible and, for the most part, objective.