A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

I don't think Hitler would have lasted long on TV. Like Senator Joe McCarthy, he would have looked foolish. He was a very hot character. Like Nixon made a very bad image on television, he was far too hot a character. Much better on radio or on the movies. Not bad on the movies, which will take quite hot characters. But Nixon was hopeless on TV.
Mike McManus TVO interview, 1977, transcript 5:32
Year: 1977
Chapter: Television
Compiled by William Kuhns
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