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Quote by Todd Gitlin
I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s,

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldnt say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. – Todd Gitlin

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I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States. – Todd Gitlin

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power
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The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought – at least by Americans – in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism. – Todd Gitlin

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Patriotism
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I have a lot of nice Italian winter clothes that make me look like a sophisticated Lebanese professor, so my friend Robert and I go around pretending to be experts in Arabic politics. It doesnt work in the summer though. I dont have the right clothes. – Alexei Sayle

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Its much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then to actually read the Communist manifesto and things like that and actually become involved in politics. – Lester Bangs

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In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago its a sport. – Dick Gregory

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I want to stay away from politics, or else Ill probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth. – Peter Steele

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