A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

the moment you put a person on trial today, the public feels that it is being accused: what did we do to make this man do these things? The minute you put a convict in the public eye, he is a hero. The coverage is bigger than the event.
“Jean Pare interview”, in Forces magazine a Hydro Quebec publication, No.22, (1973), p 11
Year: 1973
Chapter: News
Compiled by William Kuhns
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