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Slate Pushes Back on 'The End of Reading' Panic
Original: Articles Like the Atlantic’s Keep Declaring “The End of Reading.” Enough Already.
Slate is pushing back against the latest in a string of essays declaring that reading is dying, this time published by The Atlantic. The piece argues that such declarations have become a tired genre of their own, repeating themselves across years while people continue to read books, long-form journalism and everything in between. Commentators on both sides are weighing whether declining attention spans are a real crisis or a recurring moral panic.
Why now: The Atlantic published a much-discussed essay claiming the end of reading, prompting Slate to publicly reject the claim.
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