Unless there's a grassroots movement of some sort, with TV and the media in general in the hands of fewer and fewer people - the Murdochians, you know - all we hear is the one point of view. There has to be something communal.
Studs TerkelI cannot even picture myself retiring. What would I do? I'll always be doing something, asking somebody questions, even if there weren't a book.
Studs TerkelI find labels "liberal" and "conservative" of little meaning. Our language has become perverted along with the thoughts of many of us.
Studs TerkelSmug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer afford. The computer, nuclear energy for better or worse, and sudden, simultaneous influences upon everyone's TV screen have raised the ante and the risk considerably.
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