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- Title
TV Daze.
- Authors
LEVINE, ANDREW
- Abstract
It may be in doubt for other reasons, but not because, where Donald Trump goes, a reality TV aesthetic follows; or, for that matter, because, as Marshall McLuhan famously proclaimed decades ago, the medium is the message. The talking heads on the cable networks, hardly the best minds of any generation, seem unable to tell the difference between individuals moved by aspirations of that kind and the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6. This too didn't last long, however, because, ironically, Trump's thugs were a godsend for the anti-Trump wing of the ruling class. The Trump insurrectionists descent into the darkest regions seemed, at first, like something Buñuel or another likeminded surrealist might have scripted.
- Subjects
WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; ASSASSINATION; VIETNAM War, 1961-1975; CIVIL rights movements; NARCISSISM
- Publication
CounterPunch, 2021, p1
- ISSN
1086-2323
- Publication type
Article