A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The press is concerned with “What has happened.” TV news is closer to what is happening – i.e., a sort of instant replay of your own life, with resulting stress not on package but on process. TV news is an ongoing process. Thus weather has become a major news form since TV. Weather has no final edition. It is also an ongoing process like a talk show. Weather is always top news because it is an environment that includes everybody. On the other hand, printed news is very exclusive. What “happened” is press. What’s “happening,” where it’s at, is TV.
TV News,” Ad for ABC News, 1973, p 2 [Confirm date]
Year: 1973
Chapter: News
Compiled by William Kuhns
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