Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman (1985)
"Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Before we hand over politics, education, religion, and journalism to the show business demands of the television age, we must recognize the ways in which the media shape our lives and the ways we can, in turn, shape them to serve out highest goals."
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Neil Postman Video Interview:
Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death? Part I
(Richard Heffner's Open Mind at Thirteen.Org)
December 14, 1985
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UNREDACTED: How the 5 Richest People in the World Have Bought All American Media
(Lee Camp - Unredacted Tonight on YouTube)
October 23, 2025
"The
5 or 6 richest people in the world now own most American media and
social media. This is the story of how exactly they have bought up the
vast majority of what Americans hear, see, and read. PLUS the World Bank
has been working its hardest to help the struggling people of Nigeria.
Then why have Nigerians only gotten poorer since the World Bank started
"helping" them?
All that and so much more on today's Unredacted Tonight!"
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Amused to Death by Roger Waters (1992)
(YouTube Video)
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The Boob Tube's a whore? Imagine that.
