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that is, to the idea that the value of information need not be tied to any function it might serve in social and political decision-making and action, but may attach merely to its novelty, interest, and curiosity.
Neil Postman • Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
A política fascista busca solapar a credibilidade das instituições que abrigam vozes independentes de dissensão até que elas possam ser substituídas pela mídia e por universidades que rejeitam essas vozes.
Jason Stanley • Como funciona o fascismo: A política do "nós" e "eles" (Portuguese Edition)
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Neil Postman • 2 highlights
amazon.comnews that’s fit to print,” but it delivered a large enough proportion of published topics that, as a practical proposition,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

We may have stopped talking about the role of the public interest in governing decisions about what’s published and broadcast, but the public interest is still being taken into account. It’s just not happening out in the open, through established political and judicial procedures and institutions. The public interest is being interpreted in secret,
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