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Where Are My Spectacles I: The Death of News That's Fit to Print
Christopher Hedges extemporized about his new book, The End of Literacy and The Triumph of Spectacle, when he stopped in Berkeley, CA on his tour last summer. But his take on the spectacular is not without some convoluted ironies. First, I feel that I should disclose that I have not read his book. In that [...]
Posted: October 20th, 2009 under Media, media attention, media bias.
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