On this episode, Kris and I begin our discussion of the history of media and advertising’s control over the public consciousness. We discuss the trajectory of modern news networks, test pattern curses, and the decentralization of journalism vs. tech company censorship.
Show notes:
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
The monkey and the ant reference
Lowell Thomas
Curtis Yarvin’s “Cathedral”
“TV’s First Star - Felix the Cat”
Walter Cronkite
William Randolph Hearst
“Profiles in Journalistic Courage”
Studs Terkel
Nicholson Baker’s “Lab Leak” article
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