A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Why must television elections be devoid of issues? Why must all points-of-view be excluded, or included (the result is the same) in t.v. elections?
“Media Log II”, p 12, (1959), quoted in a footnote in The Letters of Marshall McLuhan (1987), p 267
Quote #6752
Year: 1959
Chapter: Television
Source: https://archive.org/details/naeb-b066-f09/page/n231/mode/2up
Source: https://archive.org/details/naeb-b066-f09/page/n231/mode/2up
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