The article discusses the significant influence of unregulated media on public perception, particularly in the context of the election of a controversial figure to the presidency. It delves into how the for-profit nature of television and digital media has allowed lies to proliferate, leading to profound mistrust and misinformation. The author connects modern media dynamics to historical issues with literacy and communication, emphasizing the dangers of allowing media technologies to shape societal understanding without accountability.
It's a long story, but the moving image had something to do with it - the way we have let television, video, and screen culture run almost entirely unregulated, purely for profit.
What's worse is that they accepted. It's a long story indeed - one that stretches back to the dawn of man, the time when our predecessors existed without written words.
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