"The newspapers have to have bad news, otherwise there would be only ads, or good news.  Without bad news we could not discern the ground rules of the environment."

~ Marshall McLuhan (1911 - 1989) Canadian communications pioneer, "Address at Vision 65" (1966).



[Source:  John Robert Colombo's FAMOUS LASTING WORDS Great Canadian Quotations, 2000, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd.]