The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place.

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.

The family is a haven in a heartless world.

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie -- seem attractive by comparison.

The best defense against the terror of existence are the homely comforts of love, work, and family life, which connect us to a world that is independent of our wishes yet responsive to our needs.

It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.