A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Why do you think people would rather read bad news in the newspaper, which is all advertising? Advertising is always demanding that you change.
“McLuhan Dazzles Graduates”, Commencement address to St. John Fisher College, printed in Tower Chronicle and Fisher Bulletin, (1969), p 29
Year: 1969
Chapter: Advertising
Compiled by William Kuhns
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