People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them … — Quoted in “Understanding McLuhan (In Part)” by Richard Kostalonetz, in the New York Times Magazine, January 29, 1967, p 37 Reported by Corinne McLuhan, what MM said on leaving a Kubrick-arranged screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey, early in 1968

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People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath.

Quoted in “Understanding McLuhan (In Part)” by Richard Kostalonetz, in the New York Times Magazine, January 29, 1967, p 37 Reported by Corinne McLuhan, what MM said on leaving a Kubrick-arranged screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey, early in 1968

Quote #5005

Year: 1967

Chapters: McLuhanisms & Zingers | Media | News

↪ Also at #4312, #4463