Consider your present (and future) relationship to information

Where News Is Power, Aides Fight to Be Well-Armed

Drew Angerer/The New York Times

Bobby Maldonado walked through downtown Washington on his way to work around 5:30 a.m.

If you look at any newspaper for very long, you'll find any number of stories detailing how we relate to the myriad of sources we encounter in any given morning, not to mention in an entire day. So, if you read a bit about the job of these Washington staffers, ask yourself:

Upon what basis would you decide how to "scan, summarize, synthesize and spin" the information that many people may end up relying on to make their own decisions?