A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The news automatically becomes the real world for the TV user and is not a substitute for reality, but is itself an immediate reality. Death on TV is a form of fantasy.
“A Last Look at the Tube” (1978), typescript, p 3
Quote #5004
Year: 1978
Chapters: Media | News
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