“The full impact of printing did not become possible until the adoption of the Bill of Rights in the United States with its guarantee of freedom of the press. A guarantee of freedom of the press in print was intended to further sanctify the printed word and to provide a rigid bulwark for the shelter of vested interests.”

— Harold Innis

Industrialism and Cultural Values p. 138.
The Bias of Communication (1951)

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Canadian professor of political economy 1894–1952

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