Glad “Today’s Word” is back.

(And Dear Lord, I miss “Calvin and Hobbes.”)

TODAY’S WORD ON JOURNALISM — Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007

“In the world of television, the massive flows of information are largely in only one direction, which makes it virtually impossible to take part in what passes for a national conversation. Individuals receive, but they cannot send. They hear, but they cannot speak. The ‘well-informed citizenry’ is in danger of becoming the ‘well-amused audience.'”
  –Al Gore, author, The Assault on Reason, 2007

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Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University

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