A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

It is time to ask ourselves: "What is news.' When a visitor stepped into an antique store, he asked: "What´s new.” His jocular query draws attention to the fact that we live in the age of the fake antique, which is itself a form of the replay.
“At the Moment of Sputnik” (1974), in MM: Man and His Message (1989), p 79
Year: 1974
Chapters: Dropout | Fake | Living Unity | News | Replay
↪ Also at #2276, #5079, #6101
Compiled by William Kuhns
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