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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Following the death of President Trump's brother Robert last Saturday, critics of the

president tweeted the hashtag wrong Trump. Their sentiment that the president should have died

rather than his brother was the second highest trending tweet by Sunday morning. The destructive

vitriol of our current political climate is unlike anything I have

seen. Such hatefulness is not the only unprecedented factor in this election season, however.

The 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin began yesterday. Opening night

featured Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Republican John Kasich, and former

First Lady Michelle Obama. However, none of them was actually present in Milwaukee due to the

coronavirus pandemic. This is the first political convention to be staged virtually. A behind-the-scenes

crew of about 400 people with operations centers across the nation

is broadcasting hundreds of live video feeds. Living rooms, national monuments, and stages

across the country are all being used. Live footage is being mixed in real time with pre-recorded

performances and speeches. In another sign of our times, speeches have

been reduced from the customary 10 minutes or more to a couple of minutes or less for many

speakers, a decision the Washington Post calls a nod to changing media consumption trends.

One of the organizers explains, if you look at how TikTok and Snapchat are structured,

it is all 15-second to 30-second bytes.

The nature of consumption has changed.

Ours is not the first time the world has seemingly shifted overnight.

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