New York Times, July 21, 2008
By David Carr

When a new media winner like Facebook comes over the horizon, who loses? In my case, it's probably my real actual friends. As a reporter, I learn to hate the telephone during the day, but at night I feel somewhat social again and call buddies for a little nocturnal quality time. Now I am too busy checking their status updates to actually speak to them.

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