A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Any minute, trite bit of news acquires infinite potential at the speed of electricity. Anything becomes momentous at electric speeds.
“Television in a New Light”, 1965, in The Meaning of Commercial Television, Stanley Donner, editor, University of Texas Press (1967), p 96
Quote #2513
Year: 1965
Chapter: Gossip and Rumors
Compiled by William Kuhns
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