“People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath.”

—  Marshall McLuhan

Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 184

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Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor … 1911–1980

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