“The coverage is the war. If there were no coverage, there'd be no war. Yes, the newsmen and the mediamen around the world are actually the fighters, not the soldiers anymore.”

—  Marshall McLuhan

1970s, Forces interview (1973)

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

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