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Quotes from An A-Z of cultural terms, The Guardian — Carl Bernstein

born 1944 United States

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The lowest form of popular culture—lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives—has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.

An A-Z of cultural terms, The Guardian (1992)

The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and raving and posturing. We now have a mainstream press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by this netherworld.

An A-Z of cultural terms, The Guardian (1992)

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