It’s Cyber Monday, the day that online retailers offer deals hoping to lure consumers into spending a lot of time and money shopping on the Internet. Is it a day of great bargains, or a bunch of manufactured hype? Slate’s Will Oremus is firmly in the second camp. Two years ago he wrote a piece titled “The Unmitigated Inanity of Cyber Monday: The Dumbest Fake Holiday of the Year,” and today he explains why he stands by it.
Cyber Silliness
Credits
Guest:
Will Oremus - senior writer for OneZero -
@WillOremus
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Andrew Walsh,
Christian Bordal,
Matt Holzman,
Jolie Myers,
Anna Scott